Instructor: Yejin Choi
Office: Allen 578
Office hours: Monday 3:00pm-3:45pm
Email: [email protected]
TA: Liwei Jiang
Office: Allen 602
Office hours: Monday 12:30pm-1:15pm
Email: [email protected]
TA: Alisa Liu
Office: Allen 410
Office hours: Friday 2-2:45pm
Email: [email protected]
In this class, we will read and discuss literature on language, knowledge, and reasoning. The objective of this class is for you to (learn to) read a lot, ask thorny questions, identify blind spots in the existing literature, and synthesize new ideas.
<aside> 📢 Here's a shared Google Drive folder for you to add/upload your in-class role-play presentation slide decks.
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<aside> 📢 Here’s the assignment for role-play presentations! The exact papers to present for each class will be announced in the schedule section throughout the quarter. Please contact the teaching crew if you have any questions about the role assignment!
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<aside> 💭 Related research questions: What does it mean to understand language? Can models learn language without embodiment? Can we (even) separate the form and meaning? Does it matter if language models do or don’t?
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