The author says: “Large Language Models don’t understand anything — and they can’t get better at something they can’t do.” Yet, LLM’s can understand (unless on

The author says: “Large Language Models don’t understand anything — and they can’t get better at something they can’t do.” Yet, LLM’s can understand (unless one claims that understanding requires consciousness): https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.06573 https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.06573 And, strangely enough, LLM’s can get better at something they can’t do. https://news.mit.edu/2023/large-language-models-in-context-learning-0207 https://news.mit.edu/2023/large-language-models-in-context-l... https://arxiv.org/pdf/2211.15661.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/2211.15661.pdf