Not to be snarky but “as far as I can tell” is the rub isn’t it?
LLMs are better at matching patterns than we are in some cases. That’s why we made them!
> But one could also argue that humans are pattern-matchers!
No, one could not unless they were being disingenuous.
>Not to be snarky but “as far as I can tell” is the rub isn’t it?
From skimming the paper, I don't believe they're doing in-context learning, which would be the obvious interpretation of "pattern matching". That's what I meant to communicate.
>No, one could not unless they were being disingenuous.
I think it is just about as disingenuous as labeling LLMs as pattern-matchers. I don't see why you would consider the one claim to be disingenuous, but not the other.
What about animals knowing? E.g. dog knows how to X or its name. Are these things fine to say?