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Game Theory Can Make AI More Correct and Efficient

May 9, 2024

Researchers are drawing on ideas from game theory to improve large language models and make them more consistent.

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Does AI Know What an Apple Is? She Aims to Find Out.

April 25, 2024

The computer scientist Ellie Pavlick is translating philosophical concepts such as “meaning” into concrete, testable ideas.

AI Starts to Sift Through String Theory’s Near-Endless Possibilities

April 23, 2024

Using machine learning, string theorists are finally showing how microscopic configurations of extra dimensions translate into sets of elementary particles — though not yet those of our universe.

How Do Machines ‘Grok’ Data?

April 12, 2024

By apparently overtraining them, researchers have seen neural networks discover novel solutions to problems.

How Chain-of-Thought Reasoning Helps Neural Networks Compute

March 21, 2024

Large language models do better at solving problems when they show their work. Researchers are beginning to understand why.

How Selective Forgetting Can Help AI Learn Better

February 28, 2024

Erasing key information during training results in machine learning models that can learn new languages faster and more easily.

How Quickly Do Large Language Models Learn Unexpected Skills?

February 13, 2024

A new study suggests that so-called emergent abilities actually develop gradually and predictably, depending on how you measure them.

New Theory Suggests Chatbots Can Understand Text

January 22, 2024

Far from being “stochastic parrots,” the biggest large language models seem to learn enough skills to understand the words they’re processing.

How to Guarantee the Safety of Autonomous Vehicles

January 16, 2024

As computer-driven cars and planes become more common, the key to preventing accidents, researchers show, is to know what you don’t know.

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