negation
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In addition, large language models in AI tools have difficulty interpreting passages containing negation.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2024
The negation of LeBron James is not related to sports, rather it is a cultural stain.
From Salon • Apr. 20, 2024
“You’re not going to have enough current to light up a child’s lightbulb project at a science fair,” he informed Marlon, who did not take such negation well.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024
But the statement can be translated quickly if you know that “∧” stands for “and at the same time” and that “¬” is a negation.
From Scientific American • Sep. 12, 2023
The answer is that negation is easy to understand when the proposition being negated is plausible or tempting.23 Compare the negations in these two columns: A whale is not a fish.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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