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Re:Do Large Language Models learn world models or just surfa... by CuriouslyC on Sunday January 22, 2023 @12:11PM (#34479566)
Children also occasionally make incorrect moves in simple games, and I've seen grown adults who I know understand how knights move still accidentally place them in the wrong spot.
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Re:Do Large Language Models learn world models or just surfa... by saberience on Monday January 23, 2023 @02:51AM (#34486479)
But these are temporary accidents that given a few seconds to look at the board and the move that was made, any person would realize they had made a mistake. I.e. because we have the rules and understanding of the game modeled internally.

A computer that only had a statistically inferred understanding wouldn't "realize" they had made a mistake and take back their move.

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