Emergent Abilities of Large Language Models
by Google Research / Stanford / DeepMind / UNC · free · Last verified 2026-03-17
Defines and documents emergent abilities in LLMs — capabilities that appear sharply at certain model scales rather than improving gradually. Surveys over 100 tasks where models exhibit phase-transition-like capability gains, sparking debate on whether emergence is real or a measurement artifact.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.07682 ↗B
B—Above Average
Adoption: AQuality: AFreshness: BCitations: AEngagement: F
Specifications
- License
- Open Access
- Pricing
- free
- Capabilities
- scaling-analysis, capability-evaluation, benchmark-analysis
- Integrations
- Use Cases
- research, capability-forecasting, safety-planning
- API Available
- No
- Tags
- emergent-abilities, scaling, phase-transitions, capabilities, benchmark
- Added
- 2026-03-17
- Completeness
- 100%
Index Score
69.6Adoption
80
Quality
88
Freshness
60
Citations
80
Engagement
0
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