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Re:Every model learned by gradient descent is approximately ... by aChattuio on Sunday February 25, 2024 @04:21AM (#39499153)
I argue that compression and not memorization is key to emerging behavior.

And the fact that llms learn languages and can switch quite well in-between (even if you just replace single words) is proof of learning meta/high level abstractions.

I sometimes write a German word or describe something when I don't have it on the tip of my tongue

Re:Every model learned by gradient descent is approximately ... by yard2010 on Sunday February 25, 2024 @05:13AM (#39499499)
Philosophically speaking, compression and memorization is how the human mind is learning