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Dialogue Is Not Enough to Make a Communicative BabyLM (But Neither Is Developmentally Inspired Reinforcement Learning)

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Main Authors:	Padovani, Francesca, Bunzeck, Bastian, Ali, Manar, Momen, Omar, Bisazza, Arianna, Buschmeier, Hendrik, Zarrieß, Sina
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Computation and Language
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