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"#Imitation vs #Innovation: Large #Language and Image Models as Cultural #Technologies"
Today's Seminar by SFI External Prof @AlisonGopnik (@UCBerkeley)
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Today's Seminar by SFI External Prof @AlisonGopnik (@UCBerkeley)
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"Today you hear people talking about 'AN #AI' or 'THE AI.' Even 15 years ago we would not have heard this; we just heard 'AI.'"
@AlisonGopnik on the history of thought on the #intelligence (or lack thereof) of #simulacra, linked to the convincing foolery of "double-talk artists":
@AlisonGopnik on the history of thought on the #intelligence (or lack thereof) of #simulacra, linked to the convincing foolery of "double-talk artists":
"We should think about these large #AI models as cultural technologies: tools that allow one generation of humans to learn from another & do this repeatedly over a long period of time. What are some examples?"
@AlisonGopnik suggests a continuity between #GPT3 & language itself:
@AlisonGopnik suggests a continuity between #GPT3 & language itself:
