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Spotlight: Oct 26, 2021

Aspects of “next-word prediction” models resemble those of the brain’s language centers — suggesting prediction may be a key component of human language processing. “It’s amazing that the models fit so well,” says Nancy Kanwisher, describing her team’s new study.

Oct 26, 2021

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