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Generative AI & LLMs

Emergent capability

A useful behavior that appears as models scale or train, even when it was not explicitly programmed.

Example

A large model unexpectedly performs simple translation even though translation was not its explicit training task.

Why people use it

Teams use “Emergent capability” when they need to choose and configure generative systems more effectively.

What you'll hear

“How does Emergent capability affect the answer the model gives the user?”

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