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Re:Turing-NLG: A 17B-parameter language model by sgt101 on Monday February 10, 2020 @05:12PM (#22293961)
I'd buy that if Meena could infer and reason about her own answers.

Human: Do you like Korean food in general?

Meena: It's okay. I like beef bulgogi, but I'm not a huge fan of kimchi.

Human: Ok what should I shop for ?

Meena : You've got almost everything but you need a pear, the steak and some ginger.

The problem with language models as commonsense is that they are collections of patterns and associations, and that they don't have inference models or solvers - unlike my dog for example!

Re:Turing-NLG: A 17B-parameter language model by p1esk on Monday February 10, 2020 @06:27PM (#22294516)
unlike my dog for example!

A more relevant analogy might be a talking parrot :)

Re:Turing-NLG: A 17B-parameter language model by sgt101 on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @02:28AM (#22296738)
Parrots might have what we call a language model... They definitely have inference and autonomy!