arXiv AI By Zhimin Hu, Jeroen van Paridon, Gary Lupyan

Failures and Successes to Learn a Core Conceptual Distinction from the Statistics of Language

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arXiv:2607. 04523v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Generic statements like "tigers are striped" and "cars have radios" communicate information that is, in general, true.

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