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| author | Højer, Bertram Jakobsen, Terne Sasha Thorn Rogers, Anna Heinrich, Stefan |
| author_facet | Højer, Bertram Jakobsen, Terne Sasha Thorn Rogers, Anna Heinrich, Stefan |
| contents | Despite the widespread use of ''artificial intelligence'' (AI) framing in Natural Language Processing (NLP) research, it is not clear what researchers mean by ''intelligence''. To that end, we present the results of a survey on the notion of ''intelligence'' among researchers and its role in the research agenda. The survey elicited complete responses from 303 researchers from a variety of fields including NLP, Machine Learning (ML), Cognitive Science, Linguistics, and Neuroscience. We identify 3 criteria of intelligence that the community agrees on the most: generalization, adaptability, & reasoning. Our results suggests that the perception of the current NLP systems as ''intelligent'' is a minority position (29%). Furthermore, only 16.2% of the respondents see developing intelligent systems as a research goal, and these respondents are more likely to consider the current systems intelligent. |
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| spellingShingle | Research Community Perspectives on "Intelligence" and Large Language Models Højer, Bertram Jakobsen, Terne Sasha Thorn Rogers, Anna Heinrich, Stefan Computation and Language Computers and Society Despite the widespread use of ''artificial intelligence'' (AI) framing in Natural Language Processing (NLP) research, it is not clear what researchers mean by ''intelligence''. To that end, we present the results of a survey on the notion of ''intelligence'' among researchers and its role in the research agenda. The survey elicited complete responses from 303 researchers from a variety of fields including NLP, Machine Learning (ML), Cognitive Science, Linguistics, and Neuroscience. We identify 3 criteria of intelligence that the community agrees on the most: generalization, adaptability, & reasoning. Our results suggests that the perception of the current NLP systems as ''intelligent'' is a minority position (29%). Furthermore, only 16.2% of the respondents see developing intelligent systems as a research goal, and these respondents are more likely to consider the current systems intelligent. |
| title | Research Community Perspectives on "Intelligence" and Large Language Models |
| topic | Computation and Language Computers and Society |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.20959 |