Anthropomorphism occurs when we attribute human characteristics to non-human entities like animals or machines. Chatbots, such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot, encourage this by imitating human language to communicate with us, going beyond using mere familiar words and phrases to adopt human patterns of communication. By doing this, they are able to hold contextualised, coherent...
Tag: Language
AIs encode language like brains do − opening a window on human conversations
Language enables people to transmit thoughts to each other because each person’s brain responds similarly to the meaning of words. In our newly published research, my colleagues and I developed a framework to model the brain activity of speakers as they engaged in face-to-face conversations. We recorded the electrical activity of two people’s brains as...
What are Large Language Models?
In the realm of artificial intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly becoming the linchpin, the foundational architecture that’s driving a new wave of innovation. If you’re a developer or a data scientist, you’ve likely encountered the acronyms and the buzz—GPT from OpenAI, Google’s PaLM2 (the underpinning of their Bard chatbot), and Falcon. These aren’t...
Do AI systems really have their own secret language?
A new generation of artificial intelligence (AI) models can produce “creative” images on-demand based on a text prompt. The likes of Imagen, MidJourney, and DALL-E 2 are beginning to change the way creative content is made with implications for copyright and intellectual property. While the output of these models is often striking, it’s hard to...
