LLMs have revolutionized AI. Do we still need knowledge models and taxonomies, and why?

Abstract

Although I have of course heard this question more often in recent months than in all the years before, it is really just a reiteration of the question of all questions, which is probably the most fundamental question of all for AI: How much human (or symbolic AI) does statistical AI need?

With every new quantum leap that machine learning makes, this question is asked again. This was already the case in the 1950s, semantic web pioneers were asked about it in the early 2000s, and it will still be the case in the year 2100, to make a prediction here (see: AI history). The answers will always be the same.

Source

Blumauer, A. (2024, February). LLMs have revolutionized AI. Do we still need knowledge models and taxonomies, and why? | LinkedIn. LinkedIn Pulse. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/llms-have-revolutionized-ai-do-we-still-need-models-why-blumauer-rfkkf/