generalizability
nounEtymology From generalizable + -ity.
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The quality of being generalizable.
- As we all are probably now familiar, these [large language] models can generate novel perfectly formed English text, using any construction that you can think of, generalizing in seemingly just the way that humans do[…]. Piantadosi (2024) provides some nice examples of the generalizability of such models, asking one to provide a story of how an ant might sink a battleship.2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Introduction” (chapter 1), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 15:
- Related terms
- general, generalize, generation, generic, genus