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in defense of metaphor essay

In defense of metaphor

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Andrew Lampinen

“I argue that describing LMs as having goals, beliefs etc. clearly meets that bar. Even if the metaphors are not always perfect, that doesn't mean we have to discard them entirely. Instead, we can use them in ways that acknowledge their imperfections. infini…”

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Andrew Lampinen: I argue that describing LMs as having goals, beliefs etc. clearly meets that bar. Even if the metaphors are not always perfect, that doesn't mean we have to discard them entirely. Instead, we can u…
Andrew Lampinen: New blog post! I wrote about why I think it's useful to use metaphorical (and anthropomorphic) terms to describe AI. I start by describing the role of metaphor in language and cognition, and how me…
Anna Schapiro: New blog post! I wrote about why I think it's useful to use metaphorical (and anthropomorphic) terms to describe AI. I start by describing the role of metaphor in language and cognition, and how me…
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Conceptual Reasoning Fellow

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Ben Recht Andrew Lampinen Andrea Lathrop

“Absolutely insane program at Anthropic bribing political scientists and economists to generate RL environments. It's a trap. (Of course, Andy Hall is shamelessly hawking this on Twitter.)”

“job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jo...”

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Ben Recht: Absolutely insane program at Anthropic bribing political scientists and economists to generate RL environments. It's a trap. (Of course, Andy Hall is shamelessly hawking this on Twitter.)
Yuval Pinter: not to be confused with a conceptually reasonable fellow,
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