35.1445, Confs: The Science and Stakes of Large Language Models

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LINGUIST List: Vol-35-1445. Fri May 10 2024. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 35.1445, Confs: The Science and Stakes of Large Language Models

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Date: 07-May-2024
From: Pierre Poirier [poirier.pierre at uqam.ca]
Subject: The Science and Stakes of Large Language Models


The Science and Stakes of Large Language Models (2024 conference and
Summer School)

Date: 03-Jun-2024 - 14-Jun-2024
Location: Montreal / online, Canada
Contact: Pierre Poirier
Contact Email: poirier.pierre at uqam.ca
Meeting URL: https://sites.grenadine.uqam.ca/sites/isc/en/iscuqam2024

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Computational Linguistics

Meeting Description:

*** French below ***

The Science and Stakes of Large Language Models
UQAM’s Cognitive Science Institute’s 2024 Summer School
June 3rd to 14th 2024

LLMs are the language learning models at the core of the most
significant recent advances in generative AI such as GPT4, Llama,
Claude, Gemini, DALL-E, etc. As such, they pose many important
questions to cognitive scientists:

Do LLMs understand what they’re saying?
Do LLMs need polymodal grounding to truly mean what they say?
Do LLMs disprove Chomsky’s poverty of stimulus argument for Universal
Grammar?
Can LLMs be made neurologically plausible?
Are LLMs ethical? And is their use unethical?

See what many of the sharpest researchers in the field think about
these and many other important questions regarding LLMs.
(for the latest on speakers and conferences:
https://skywritingspress.ca/)
Attend in person or via zoom.

Students and researchers can register for credits or a training
certificate (pricing varies according to status).
All are welcome to attend for free!

Please visit our academic website for all relevant information:
https://sites.grenadine.uqam.ca/sites/isc/en/iscuqam2024

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La science et les enjeux des grands modèles de langue
École d’été 2024 de l’Institut des sciences cognitives, UQAM
3 juin au 14 juin 2024

Les GML sont les modèles d'apprentissage du langage au cœur des
avancées récentes les plus significatives en matière d'IA générative,
telles que GPT4, Llama, Claude, Gemini, DALL-E, etc. En tant que tels,
ils posent de nombreuses questions importantes aux chercheurs en
sciences cognitives :

Les GML comprennent-ils ce qu'ils disent ?
Les GML ont-ils besoin d'un ancrage polymodal pour savoir de quoi ils
parlent ?
Les GML réfutent-ils l'argument de la pauvreté du stimulus de Chomsky
pour la grammaire universelle ?
Peut-on rendre les GML neurologiquement plausibles ?
Les GML sont-ils éthiques ? Et leur utilisation l’est-elle ?

Découvrez ce que de nombreux chercheurs parmi les plus réputés dans ce
domaine pensent de ces questions et de bien d'autres questions
importantes concernant les GML.

(pour les dernières informations sur les orateurs et les conférences :
https://skywritingspress.ca/)

Participez en personne ou par zoom.

Les personnes étudiantes et chercheures peuvent s'inscrire pour
obtenir des crédits ou un certificat de formation (le prix varie en
fonction du statut).

Tout le monde est invité à participer gratuitement !

Veuillez consulter notre site web académique pour toutes les
informations pertinentes :
https://sites.grenadine.uqam.ca/sites/isc/en/iscuqam2024




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