Talking about Large Language Models

2024/01/25 by Murray Shanahan · 1 voice · 51 citations
Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Topic Modeling #Language and cultural evolution #Natural Language Processing Techniques

paper · pdf · doi:10.1145/3624724

Abstract

Interacting with a contemporary LLM-based conversational agent can create an illusion of being in the presence of a thinking creature. Yet, in their very nature, such systems are fundamentally not like us.

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Discussions

• Recent read 📖 A compact piece with some incisive points about how to frame LLMs and push back on problematic anthropomorphism. Shanahan, M., 2024. Talking about Large Language Models. Commun. ACM [bsky, 2 points, 1 comments]

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