Re:Yann LeCun on GPT-3
by dragonwriter on Friday October 30, 2020 @05:53PM
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> Tell that to all the other animals on Earth. Do they not also have knowledge? Do you really think they encode their knowledge in language?
The real mechanistic view drops language as a special case and just says their is no knowledge, only behavior.
Re:Yann LeCun on GPT-3
by forgotmypw17 on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @06:07PM
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>Tell that to all the other animals on Earth. Do they not also have knowledge? Do you really think they encode their knowledge in language?
Well, actually, yes, they do. Many animals have elaborate languages encompassing many concepts. Crows can explain to one another what a human looks like, for example.
Do you really think that humans are so special as to encode all their knowledge in language? Watch a movie. Listen to a song. Examine a piece of art. Feel sculpture. Play a guitar. Dance.
There is a segment of the software community that is highly language centric/adept. But that community is often blind to other forms of understanding.
Just look at the language of Shakespeare. Much of the language is visual and experiential. How much would you actually understand without your senses and imagination? Your knowledge encompasses your being.