Yohan John 🤖🧠on Nostr: Are large language models 'symbolic' or 'subsymbolic'? Perhaps both? More broadly, do ...
Are large language models 'symbolic' or 'subsymbolic'? Perhaps both?
More broadly, do you think the striking abilities of LLMs have blurred the distinction between symbolic and subsymbolic processes?
And do LLMs solve a version of the symbol grounding problem?
#neuroscience #philosophy #cogsci
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