On the Multilingual Capabilities of Very Large-Scale English Language Models (2022.lrec-1)

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Challenge: Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPTs) have been scaled to unprecedented sizes in the history of machine learning.
Approach: They investigate the potential and limits of Generative Pre-trained Transformers in three tasks . they find it can be almost as useful for many languages as it is for English .
Outcome: The proposed model can perform tasks in five different languages, and its potential is explored . it can learn from a few examples "via text interaction" and is scalable to many languages .

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