Talk by Pascale Fung on mental world models on April 29 10-11am 2025
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Nancy F. Chen
Apr 23, 2025, 4:45:04β―AMApr 23
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A*STAR IΒ²R Emerging Frontiers Talk
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Invited Speaker:
Prof. Pascale Fung
Senior Director of AI Research, Meta
Date:
29 Apr 2025, 10am β 11am
Registration starts from 9.30am
Venue:
Infuse Theatre
Fusionopolis One
Level 14 South Tower
Large language models hashtag#LLMsΒ with multi-tasking capabilities have emerged in the last several years and made traditional hashtag#NLPΒ tasks obsolete. It is fair to say that the field of NLP is dead. LLMs research has both expanded beyond traditional NLP areas and replaced the latter. Quo Vadis NLP?
Prof. Pascale FungΒ proposes a new framework of language research that looks into mental world modelling, which parallels physical world modelling. Language both represents and shapes the βmental world modelsβ of humans, enabling us to reason, plan, emote, learn, innovate and create. Therefore, natural language research should endeavour to come up with better and more efficient mental world models than current LLMs. The scope of βlanguageβ should expand to include non-iconographic languages such as gesture and music. NLP research can thrive again, leading to new innovations in hashtag#AI.
Organized as part of Singapore AI Research Week, this lecture is open to the public.
Register at https://lnkd.in/e_32fvXU
πππ π’π¬ ππππ, ππ¨π§π ππ’π―π πππ
Invited Speaker:
Prof. Pascale Fung
Senior Director of AI Research, Meta
Date:
29 Apr 2025, 10am β 11am
Registration starts from 9.30am
Venue:
Infuse Theatre
Fusionopolis One
Level 14 South Tower
Large language models hashtag#LLMsΒ with multi-tasking capabilities have emerged in the last several years and made traditional hashtag#NLPΒ tasks obsolete. It is fair to say that the field of NLP is dead. LLMs research has both expanded beyond traditional NLP areas and replaced the latter. Quo Vadis NLP?
Prof. Pascale FungΒ proposes a new framework of language research that looks into mental world modelling, which parallels physical world modelling. Language both represents and shapes the βmental world modelsβ of humans, enabling us to reason, plan, emote, learn, innovate and create. Therefore, natural language research should endeavour to come up with better and more efficient mental world models than current LLMs. The scope of βlanguageβ should expand to include non-iconographic languages such as gesture and music. NLP research can thrive again, leading to new innovations in hashtag#AI.
Organized as part of Singapore AI Research Week, this lecture is open to the public.
Register at https://lnkd.in/e_32fvXU
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Nancy F. Chen
Multimodal Generative AI Group Leader, I2R, A*STAR
AI for Education Program Head, I2R, A*STAR
Principal Investigator, Centre for Frontier AI Research (CFAR), A*STAR
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