Language Models Wrestle with Gaps in Understanding

Language models seem to be more than stochastic parrots. Does this knowledge stop them from making mistakes, or do they need more help?

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Communications of the ACM
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2025-09-18
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3743165
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Topic Modeling
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Language Models Wrestle with Gaps in Understanding

Chris Edwards
Communications of the ACM
Topic Modeling
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Language Models Wrestle with Gaps in Understanding

Chris Edwards
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Abstract

Language models seem to be more than stochastic parrots. Does this knowledge stop them from making mistakes, or do they need more help?

Communications of the ACMVol. 68(10)
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