Emergent Cognitive Abilities in Large Language Models: Mirage, Miracle, or Mundane?
Large Language Models (LLMs) trained to predict the next word in a sentence surprised their creators by displaying emergent properties ranging from a proclivity to be racist and sexist, to an ability to write computer code, translate between languages, and solve mathematical tasks. This talk discusses results of several studies evaluating LLMs performance on tasks typically used to study mental processes in humans.
March 21, 2024, 9:30am – 10:30am EDT
Malachowsky Hall 7200, 1889 Museum Rd