HDSI-TILOS “LLM Meets Theory” Workshop 2024

The UCSD HDSI-TILOS “LLM Meets Theory” Workshop aims to bring together students and faculty to discuss the future of mathematical and scientific theory and large language models (LLMs). LLMs are like a miracle—not one that breaks the laws of nature (that would be impossible, of course), but something that defied all expectations and could not be predicted just a few years ago. In particular, the simplicity of the resulting statistical models (which are essentially Markov chains, and are limited to only predicting the next token) came as a complete surprise to almost all of us. In view of this, it is crucial to gain some understanding of the implications and potential trajectory of these models. Therefore, at UCSD HDSI, we plan to invite a few researchers for talks and also leave a lot of time for panel discussions.