Do large language models understand us? | by Blaise Aguera y Arcas | Dec, 2021 | Medium
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LLMs have a great deal to teach us about the nature of language, understanding, intelligence, sociality, and personhood.
Do large language models understand us? Blaise Aguera y Arcas 37 min read · Dec 16, 2021 -- 31 Listen Share Disclaimer These are my own views, not necessarily those of my employer. Summary Large language models (LLMs) represent a major advance in artificial intelligence (AI), and in particular toward the goal of human-like artificial general intelligence (AGI). It’s sometimes claimed, though, that machine learning is “just statistics”, hence that progress in AI is illusory with regard to this grander ambition. Here I take the contrary view that LLMs have a great deal to teach us about the natu
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