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The Unpredictable Abilities Emerging From Large AI Models

By Stephen Ornes
March 16, 2023
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Large language models like ChatGPT are now big enough that they’ve started to display startling, unpredictable behaviors.

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To Teach Computers Math, Researchers Merge AI Approaches

By Kevin Hartnett
February 15, 2023
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Large language models still struggle with basic reasoning tasks. Two new papers that apply machine learning to math provide a blueprint for how that could change.

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What Does It Mean for AI to Understand?

By Melanie Mitchell
December 16, 2021
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It’s simple enough for AI to seem to comprehend data, but devising a true test of a machine’s knowledge has proved difficult.

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AI Researchers Fight Noise by Turning to Biology

By Allison Whitten
December 7, 2021
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Tiny amounts of artificial noise can fool neural networks, but not humans. Some researchers are looking to neuroscience for a fix.

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How Close Are Computers to Automating Mathematical Reasoning?

By Stephen Ornes
August 27, 2020
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AI tools are shaping next-generation theorem provers, and with them the relationship between math and machine.

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Machines Beat Humans on a Reading Test. But Do They Understand?

By John Pavlus
October 17, 2019
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A tool known as BERT can now beat humans on advanced reading-comprehension tests. But it’s also revealed how far AI has to go.

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