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> Isn't this an effectively infinite set? No, the thing you'd want the LLM to be learning would be the rules. > But can they learn how to apply structured kno
by theptip 4y ago
> Isn't this an effectively infinite set?
No, the thing you'd want the LLM to be learning would be the rules.
> But can they learn how to apply structured knowledge in precise ways?
I personally believe: clearly yes, already. You can already get a LLM to generate code for simple logical problems. You can ask ChatGPT to modify a solution in a particular way, showing it has some understanding of the underlying logic, rather than just regurgitating solutions it saw.
In other domains, you can already give IQ tests to GPT-N: https://lifearchitect.ai/ravens/ https://lifearchitect.ai/ravens/. Others have written in more detail than I could do justice to: https://www.gwern.net/Scaling-hypothesis#scaling-hypothesis https://www.gwern.net/Scaling-hypothesis#scaling-hypothesis.
I'd just note that a lot of commentators make quite simple errors of either goalpost-moving or a failure to extrapolate capabilities a year or two ahead. Of course, no linear or exponential growth curve continues indefinitely. But betting against this curve, now, seems to me a good way of losing money.