3 papers
cs.CL2026
The unreasonable effectiveness of pattern matching
Gary Lupyan, Blaise Agüera y Arcas
We report on an astonishing ability of large language models (LLMs) to make sense of "Jabberwocky" language in which most or all content words have been randomly replaced by nonsen…
cs.CL2025
Large language models have learned to use language
Gary Lupyan
Acknowledging that large language models have learned to use language can open doors to breakthrough language science. Achieving these breakthroughs may require abandoning some lon…
cs.CL2025
How important is language for human-like intelligence?
Gary Lupyan, Hunter Gentry, Martin Zettersten
We use language to communicate our thoughts. But is language merely the expression of thoughts, which are themselves produced by other, nonlinguistic parts of our minds? Or does la…