Anders Søgaard University of Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark soegaard@di.ku.dk

Keynote topic - Zombie Interlocutors: How Hard Is Natural Language Processing?

Abstract: The hard problems of philosophy seem to have made their way into natural language processing (NLP) and computational linguistics. Is NLP solved with LLMs? If not, why not? The debate has led many of us to revisit classical debates of 17th century and early 20th century philosophy. I describe the philosophical landscape, as well as the relevant, empirical results of LLMs, and try to make ends meet.

Anders Søgaard's Biography

Anders Søgaard is a full professor of Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning at the University of Copenhagen, a Chief Scientist at the Center for AI in Society, and the director of the Center for Philosophy of AI in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was won more than 10 best paper awards, several prestigious grants, and has published more than 350 scientific publications, including six academic books. He is a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, a father of three, and a published poet (six books).

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