Dissociating language and thought in large language models

K Mahowald, AA Ivanova, IA Blank, N Kanwisher… - Trends in Cognitive …, 2024 - cell.com
Large language models (LLMs) have come closest among all models to date to mastering
human language, yet opinions about their linguistic and cognitive capabilities remain split …

[HTML][HTML] Language models and psychological sciences

G Sartori, G Orrù - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Large language models (LLMs) are demonstrating impressive performance on many
reasoning and problem-solving tasks from cognitive psychology. When tested, their …

Brain in a vat: On missing pieces towards artificial general intelligence in large language models

Y Ma, C Zhang, SC Zhu - arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.03762, 2023 - arxiv.org
In this perspective paper, we first comprehensively review existing evaluations of Large
Language Models (LLMs) using both standardized tests and ability-oriented benchmarks …

Symbols and grounding in large language models

E Pavlick - … Transactions of the Royal Society A, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Large language models (LLMs) are one of the most impressive achievements of artificial
intelligence in recent years. However, their relevance to the study of language more broadly …

Language in brains, minds, and machines

G Tuckute, N Kanwisher… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
It has long been argued that only humans could produce and understand language. But
now, for the first time, artificial language models (LMs) achieve this feat. Here we survey the …

Large language models demonstrate the potential of statistical learning in language

P Contreras Kallens… - Cognitive …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
To what degree can language be acquired from linguistic input alone? This question has
vexed scholars for millennia and is still a major focus of debate in the cognitive science of …

[HTML][HTML] What are large language models supposed to model?

IA Blank - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2023 - cell.com
Do large language models (LLMs) constitute a computational account of how humans
process language? And if so, what is the role of (psycho) linguistic theory in understanding …

Challenging ChatGPT ' Intelligence' with Human Tools: A Neuropsychological Investigation on Prefrontal Functioning of a Large Language Model

R Loconte, G Orru, M Tribastone, P Pietrini, G Sartori - Intelligence, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract The Artificial Intelligence (AI) research community has used ad-hoc benchmarks to
measure the'intelligence'level of Large Language Models (LLMs). Previous research has …

Large languages, impossible languages and human brains

A Moro, M Greco, SF Cappa - Cortex, 2023 - Elsevier
We aim at offering a contribution to highlight the essential differences between Large
Language Models (LLM) and the human language faculty. More explicitly, we claim that the …

Meaning without reference in large language models

ST Piantadosi, F Hill - arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.02957, 2022 - arxiv.org
The widespread success of large language models (LLMs) has been met with skepticism
that they possess anything like human concepts or meanings. Contrary to claims that LLMs …