Emergent communication and learning pressures in language models: a language evolution perspective

arXiv:2403.14427v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Language models and humans are two types of learning systems. Finding or facilitating commonalities could enable major breakthroughs in our understanding of the acquisition and evolution of language. Many theories of language evolution rely heavily on learning biases and learning pressures. Yet due to substantial differences in learning pressures, it is questionable whether the similarity between humans and machines is sufficient for insights to carry over and to be worth testing with human participants. Here, …

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