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Their findings indicated that smaller models struggled to combine skills, while mid-sized models showed moderate success. In contrast, GPT-4’s capacity to harmonize multiple skills suggested that emergent properties allowed for greater compositional generalization, hinting at a deeper form of intelligence than mere replication.
Beyond Stochastic Parrots: The Case for Emergence
The researchers argue that these capabilities imply that large language models transcend the label of stochastic parrots. Their exploration of Skill Mix underscores the potential for broader applications of this evaluation framework in diverse domains, including mathematics and coding.