DeepMind Researchers Push Back on Claim That Only Images Bring Real Understanding

Google DeepMind researchers Andrew Lampinen and Juji Fru argue against the claim that only non-linguistic signals like images can grant models genuine understanding, noting that all signals are ultimately arbitrary binary codes.

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