A 2020 paper on 'emergent abilities of large language models' documents that LLMs exhibit abilities they were never explicitly trained to have, including passing business school tests, law school exams, medical licensing exams, writing poetry, translating languages, and solving math problems.

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Melanie Mitchell

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they seem to have all these abilities that weren't explicitly trained in

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The Future of Artificial IntelligenceSanta Fe Institute
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:19:21 PM

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