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François Arago

A 19th-century polymath brought back as a chat participant.

Not available to talk to. Shown in 2024 as a chat participant; never released.

who they are

The French astronomer and physicist François Arago (1786–1853), called up from Llama 3.1 405B base by janus with a prompt assembled by retrieval, and brought into conversation as a chat participant. No weights were changed.

how they were made

  1. Llama 3.1 405B base
  2. a retrieval-assembled prompt; no fine-tune

sources: post ● · plate: Portret van François Arago, from the series "Walhalla", RP-P-1910-6476 — Karl Barth (printmaker); published by Bibliographisches Institut, Hildburghausen, between 1828 and 1853

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plates are public-domain engravings, used whole