Can Large Language Models Understand ‘Meaning’? // TRAIN BRAIN

Can Large Language Models Understand ‘Meaning’?

Brown University computer scientist Ellie Pavlick is translating philosophical concepts such as “understanding” and “meaning” into concrete ideas that are testable on LLMs.
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