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liquiddandruff t1_j989luo wrote

the stochastic parrot argument is a weak one; we are stochastic parrots

the phenomenon of "reasoning ability" may be an emergent one that arises out of the recursive identification of structural patterns in input data--which chatgpt is shown to do.

prove that "understanding" is not and cannot ever be reducible to "statistical modelling" and only then is your null position intellectually defensible

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thecodethinker t1_j98puob wrote

Where has chat gpt been rigorously shown to have reasoning ability? I’ve heard that it passed some exams, but that could just be the model regurgitating info in its training data.

Admittedly, I haven’t looked to deeply in the reasoning abilities of LLMs, so any references would be appreciated :)

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liquiddandruff t1_j98v6ko wrote

it's an open question and lots of interesting work is happening at a frenetic pace here

A favourite discussed recently:

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