In my opinion, such language model should be able to create equivalence between the map of a territory and its verbal description.
In that case, an expression like “the red rose is in the corner” gets meaning as it allows to locate the rose on the map of the room, or otherwise, if the rose is observed in the corner, it could be described as “the rose is in the corner”.
Thus natural language could be used to describe all possible operations above world maps, like “all asteroids should be deflected”.
It was just an example of the relation between language and the world model. If I have an AI, I can say to it “Find the ways to deflect asteroids”. This AI will be able to create a model of Solar system, calculate future trajectories of all dangerous asteroids etc. So it could make a relation between my verbal command and 3D model of the real world.
The same is true if I ask an AI to bring me coffee from the kitchen: it has to select in its world model right kitchen, right type of coffee and right type of future activity.
Humans also do it: any time we read a text, we create a world model which corresponds to the description. And back, if we see a world model, like a picture, we could describe it words.
In my opinion, such language model should be able to create equivalence between the map of a territory and its verbal description.
In that case, an expression like “the red rose is in the corner” gets meaning as it allows to locate the rose on the map of the room, or otherwise, if the rose is observed in the corner, it could be described as “the rose is in the corner”.
Thus natural language could be used to describe all possible operations above world maps, like “all asteroids should be deflected”.
This is helpful, thanks, but I am still missing some pieces. Can you say more about how we would use this to deflect asteroids?
It was just an example of the relation between language and the world model. If I have an AI, I can say to it “Find the ways to deflect asteroids”. This AI will be able to create a model of Solar system, calculate future trajectories of all dangerous asteroids etc. So it could make a relation between my verbal command and 3D model of the real world.
The same is true if I ask an AI to bring me coffee from the kitchen: it has to select in its world model right kitchen, right type of coffee and right type of future activity.
Humans also do it: any time we read a text, we create a world model which corresponds to the description. And back, if we see a world model, like a picture, we could describe it words.