2 papers
cs.CL2024
In-context Learning Generalizes, But Not Always Robustly: The Case of Syntax
Aaron Mueller, Albert Webson, Jackson Petty +1
In-context learning (ICL) is now a common method for teaching large language models (LLMs) new tasks: given labeled examples in the input context, the LLM learns to perform the tas…
cs.CL2024
The Impact of Depth on Compositional Generalization in Transformer Language Models
Jackson Petty, Sjoerd van Steenkiste, Ishita Dasgupta +3
To process novel sentences, language models (LMs) must generalize compositionally -- combine familiar elements in new ways. What aspects of a model's structure promote compositiona…