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Language models can't spark scientific revolutions, but world models might

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Can language models spark a scientific revolution? In a position paper titled "LLMs can't jump," Google Deepmind's Tom Zahavy argues they can't. They're missing the cognitive mechanism needed to create something truly new. The article Language models can't spark scientific revolutions, but world models might appeared first on The Decoder.
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Can language models trigger a scientific revolution? In a position paper entitled "LLMs can't jump", Tom Zahavy from Google Deepmind argues: no. You lack the crucial cognitive mechanism to really create something new. The article language models can't trigger scientific revolutions, world models may have already appeared first on The Decoder.

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