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arXiv:2310.01425 (cs)
[Submitted on 27 Sep 2023 (v1), last revised 4 Oct 2023 (this
version, v2)]

Title:Borges and AI

Authors:Leon Bottou, Bernhard Scholkopf
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    Abstract:Many believe that Large Language Models (LLMs) open the
    era of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Some see opportunities while
    others see dangers. Yet both proponents and opponents grasp AI
    through the imagery popularised by science fiction. Will the
    machine become sentient and rebel against its creators? Will we
    experience a paperclip apocalypse? Before answering such
    questions, we should first ask whether this mental imagery
    provides a good description of the phenomenon at hand.
    Understanding weather patterns through the moods of the gods only
    goes so far. The present paper instead advocates understanding
    LLMs and their connection to AI through the imagery of Jorge Luis
    Borges, a master of 20th century literature, forerunner of
    magical realism, and precursor to postmodern literature. This
    exercise leads to a new perspective that illuminates the relation
    between language modelling and artificial intelligence.

Subjects: Computation and Language (cs.CL); Artificial Intelligence
          (cs.AI); Machine Learning (cs.LG)
Cite as:  arXiv:2310.01425 [cs.CL]
          (or arXiv:2310.01425v2 [cs.CL] for this version)
          https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2310.01425
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From: Leon Bottou [view email]
[v1] Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:15:34 UTC (11 KB)
[v2] Wed, 4 Oct 2023 18:10:30 UTC (11 KB)
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