Communication, Vocalisation, and Language
The contention is that the current batch of Large Language Models don't understand language, but they do it.
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Key points
- Rather than LLMs forming some kind of "distributed representation" of symbols, the claim is that LLMs are capturing "Cultural Intelligence" and grounding symbols in what the sociologists call practices.
Sources (1)
- [1]Communication, Vocalisation, and LanguagearXiv (AI, ML, NLP, CV, robotics, multi-agent) · Oct 12, 09:43 AM
The contention is that the current batch of Large Language Models don't *understand* language, but they *do* it.
Rather than LLMs forming some kind of "distributed representation" of symbols, the claim is that LLMs are capturing "Cultural Intelligence" and grounding symbols in what the sociologists call practices.
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