Tag: language
Why Large Language Models Will Not Understand Human Language
Even with the incredible performance of LLMs and the tsunami of research into these models, LLMs will not be able to understand human language.
Reclaiming Slurs through Conceptual Engineering
Introduction Ideology can leave us “stuck in a cage, imprisoned among all sorts of terrible concepts.”[1] Slurs are linked to an especially harmful kind of concept. Successfully reclaiming slur terms requires understanding and rejecting these concepts. Linguistic reclamation of slur terms, when combined with critique of the underlying concept, can put an oppressive weapon out…