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• kromem@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I suggest reading it. Right in the abstract it states the whole point:

  Overall, we present evidence that language models linearly represent the truth or falsehood of factual statements.

  The full paper goes into detail in multiple methods of analysis to show that it’s the case, and is right there available for you to read.

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  • DarkGamer@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have been reading it but I have yet to see anything that indicates the LLM has a concept of truth vs. being good at linguistic pattern matching to return language that accurately classifies true and false statements. i.e., actual understanding of concepts vs. being a surprisingly capable stochastic parrot.

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    • kromem@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      that indicates the LLM has a concept of truth vs. being good at linguistic pattern matching to return language that accurately classifies true and false statements

      “It doesn’t know the difference between true and false, it only knows the difference between true and false.”

      The second thing you mention “good at accurately classifying true and false statements” is literally knowing the difference between true and false.

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      • antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        “It doesn’t know the difference between true and false, it only knows the difference between true and false.”

        Knowing how to produce words is not equivalent to knowing what those words mean in relation to the extralinguistic world. Unless you’re a hardcore derridean poststructuralist or something.

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