📢 New Paper!

Ever wondered why transformers are able to capture hierarchical structure of human language without incorporating an explicit 🌲 structure in their architecture?

In this work we delve deep into understanding hierarchical generalization in transformers.

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Very well deserved, congrats Will Merrill!

sequence of actions indicative of an IQ of (very approximately) 160

Princeton is hiring postdocs interested in projects focused on comparing AI systems to human cognition or using ideas from cognitive science to better understand those systems as part of a new initiative studying Natural and Artificial Minds. Apply at puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/posit…

Hard to believe it needs to be said, but universities should not call the police to arrest protesting students. Very disappointing this happened at NYU, and alarming that one of the justifications for asking the police to step in was the students' 'intimidating chants'.

The goat that the cat that the dog that the stick that the fire that the water that the ox that the butcher that the Angel of Death that the Holy One, Blessed be He smote killed slaughtered drank quenched burned beat bit ate was purchased by my father for two zuzim.

If only 10% of the people who are mad at this tweet had attended our virtual poster sessions last time we had them I wouldn't have had to tweet this