Talk
How LLMs Understand Text: Context and Meaning in the AI Age
Large Language Models represent an entirely new paradigm of semantic information processing. They are the first time a computer can process the meaning of text without mark-up. Their ability to 'understand' text is at the same time familiarly human and completely alien. This talk outlines how Large Language Models 'read' and 'understand' text, and how they generate their response, contrasting with how humans perform the same tasks.