If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities?

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I was the kind of parent who wanted my children to be successful at all costs; do well in school, get good grades and be skilled at many things. It wasn’t until my Danish husband, Soren, exposed me to ...

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Kids in elementary school learn—or are supposed to learn—how to add fractions and round numbers. But many students at the University of California, San Diego—a top public university ranked sixth ...

Math students may not blink at calculating probabilities, measuring the area beneath curves or evaluating matrices, yet they ...

A new report from the University of California, San Diego has ignited a viral conversation on social media, because it demonstrates the alarming lack of preparation among incoming freshmen for college ...

As language models (LMs) improve at tasks like image generation, trivia questions, and simple math, you might think that ...