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What is emergent ability in large language models?
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The correct answer is B) Capabilities that appear abruptly at certain model scales and weren't predicted by extrapolating performance from smaller models — suggesting qualitative transitions in capability
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Correct Answer
Capabilities that appear abruptly at certain model scales and weren't predicted by extrapolating performance from smaller models — suggesting qualitative transitions in capability
Explanation
Wei et al. (2022): abilities like chain-of-thought reasoning, arithmetic, and multi-step reasoning appear suddenly above certain model scales. Debate: are these genuinely emergent or artifacts of evaluation metrics? Has major implications for AI forecasting.
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