Still "Talking About Large Language Models": Some Clarifications
arXiv:2412.10291v14 citationsh-index: 3
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This is an incremental clarification for researchers in philosophy of AI and linguistics.
The author clarifies that their previous paper on large language models was misinterpreted as advocating reductionism, but it was actually part of a philosophical project focused on language use inspired by Wittgenstein.
My paper "Talking About Large Language Models" has more than once been interpreted as advocating a reductionist stance towards large language models. But the paper was not intended that way, and I do not endorse such positions. This short note situates the paper in the context of a larger philosophical project that is concerned with the (mis)use of words rather than metaphysics, in the spirit of Wittgenstein's later writing.