Re:What are the limits of deep learning?
by YeGoblynQueenne on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @06:28PM
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But that's humans. Humans already understand language.
I don't disagree that humans can extract meaning from language models. But that only speaks to the ability of humans to extract meaning from even very badly formed language. Not to the ability of those models to represent meaning.
Edit: OK, I don't think I understand what you, er, mean. I think you're saying that language models essentially have a kind of understanding of language, and not just the ability to reproduce it without understanding it. Is that what you are saying?
I don't disagree that humans can extract meaning from language models. But that only speaks to the ability of humans to extract meaning from even very badly formed language. Not to the ability of those models to represent meaning.
Edit: OK, I don't think I understand what you, er, mean. I think you're saying that language models essentially have a kind of understanding of language, and not just the ability to reproduce it without understanding it. Is that what you are saying?