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emergent

what it means

Emergent describes something that appears only when many small parts work together, and that no single part has on its own. One ant is nearly helpless; the colony digs tunnels, farms fungus and defends itself, and no ant was ever given the plan. That behaviour is emergent — it belongs to the group, not to any member of it. One brain cell cannot think; billions of them, wired together, do. You will meet the word most often in AI now. A language model is trained only to predict the next word, yet past a certain size it starts doing things nobody built in: translating, writing code, doing arithmetic. Researchers call those emergent abilities. The usual phrase is an emergent property of something.

Emergent describe algo que solo aparece cuando muchas partes pequeñas actúan juntas, y que ninguna tiene por sí sola. Una hormiga casi no puede nada; el hormiguero excava túneles sin plano. Una neurona no piensa; miles de millones, sí. Hoy se usa sobre todo en IA: el modelo solo aprende a predecir la palabra siguiente, pero al crecer empieza a traducir o programar.

Emergent descreve algo que só aparece quando muitas partes pequenas agem juntas, e que nenhuma parte tem sozinha. Uma formiga quase nada faz; o formigueiro cava túneis sem que ninguém lhe dê uma planta. Um neurônio não pensa; bilhões, ligados, pensam. Hoje aparece sobretudo em IA: o modelo só aprende a prever a próxima palavra, mas ao crescer começa a traduzir e a programar. São emergent abilities.

Emergent qualifie ce qui n'apparaît que lorsque de nombreuses petites parties agissent ensemble, et qu'aucune ne possède seule. Une fourmi ne peut presque rien ; la colonie creuse sans plan. Un neurone ne pense pas ; des milliards, oui. Surtout employé en IA : le modèle apprend seulement à prédire le mot suivant, mais en grandissant il traduit, il programme.

Emergent menggambarkan sesuatu yang muncul hanya ketika banyak bagian kecil bekerja bersama, dan tidak dimiliki satu bagian pun. Seekor semut nyaris tak berdaya; koloninya menggali terowongan tanpa rencana. Satu sel otak tidak berpikir; miliaran sel berpikir. Kini kata ini paling sering dipakai di AI: model hanya dilatih menebak kata berikutnya, tetapi setelah cukup besar mulai menerjemahkan dan menulis kode.

Emergent, ancak birçok küçük parça birlikte çalışınca ortaya çıkan ve hiçbir parçada tek başına bulunmayan şeyi anlatır. Tek karınca neredeyse hiçbir şey yapamaz; koloni plansız tüneller kazar. Tek beyin hücresi düşünmez; milyarlarcası düşünür. Bugün en çok yapay zekâda geçer: model yalnızca sonraki kelimeyi tahmin etmeyi öğrenir, ama büyüyünce çeviri yapmaya, kod yazmaya başlar.

Emergent は、小さな部分が多数集まって初めて現れ、どの部分も単独では持たない性質です。アリ一匹はほぼ無力でも、巣は設計図なしにトンネルを掘る。脳細胞一個は考えず、数十億個なら考える。今いちばん見かけるのは AI です。言語モデルは次の単語を予測する訓練しか受けていないのに、大きくなると翻訳やプログラミングを始めます。

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    adjective

    arising from a system as a whole rather than from any of its parts

    Traffic jams are emergent; no driver plans one.

  2. 02

    adjective

    only just beginning to appear

    An emergent talent, still mostly promise.

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