Meaning without reference in large language models
A preprint by Steven T. Piantadosi and Felix Hill, arXiv preprint 2208.02957, dated 5 August 2022. arXiv v1, 5 August 2022.
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- Climbing towards NLU: On Meaning, Form, and Understanding in the Age of DataPiantadosi and Hill's paper of August 2022 replies to Bender and Koller's paper of 2020, which it names and whose octopus test it discusses.2022-08-05 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Bender and Koller, Climbing towards NLU (2020): document page →
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- Language models lack agency or understandingPiantadosi and Hill's paper of August 2022 argues, against the view that LLMs possess no meaning, that they likely capture important aspects of meaning through conceptual role, which can only be judged by examining how their internal states relate.2022-08-05 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Language models lack agency or understanding: propositions page →
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