Media
Anya's TEDx Talk: "To Build Smarter Chatbots, Look to the Brain"
Anya's TEDx Talk: "To Build Smarter Chatbots, Look to the Brain"
May 2023
This Week in Machine Learning (TWIML) podcast: "Does ChatGPT Think?"
This Week in Machine Learning (TWIML) podcast: "Does ChatGPT Think?"
Mar 2023
TechTalks: "To understand language models, we must separate 'language' from 'thought'"
TechTalks: "To understand language models, we must separate 'language' from 'thought'"
Feb 2023
An accessible summary of our article "Dissociating language and thought in large language models".
See also this piece by The Atlantic (paywalled).
The Conversation: "Mistaking Fluent Speech for Fluent Thought"
The Conversation: "Mistaking Fluent Speech for Fluent Thought"
Jun 2022
The language-thought conflation fallacy and how it affects the way we perceive LLMs. Written jointly with Kyle Mahowald.