Large language models have been all over the news the last couple months, with the launch of chatGPT (and the subsequent investment in OpenAI by Microsoft) kicking off an arms race of sorts within big tech. The capabilities of these latest models are impressive, and they do seem to represent a step change vs. prior …
Merriam Webster: meaning \ˈmē-niŋ \ noun 1 a the thing one intends to convey especially by language b the thing that is conveyed especially by language 2 something meant or intended 3 significant quality 4 a the logical connotation of a word or phrase b the logical denotation or extension of a word or phrase …
This post, and all posts published on this site, will be constructed using words. I imagine this seems reasonable enough (though there may be hope for some pictures as well!) – words are the foundation of communication across our world. But how well do we actually understand the nuance of this tool? In this post, …
It can be easy to take for granted all that our brains do when understanding the world, particularly in the realm of language. While many early philosophers recognized some of this complexity, the computer age brought about attempts to get computers to understand our communication tool – language – and these attempts brought home just …
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