That's of course correct. Perhaps GPT-3 can do that too? I don't have access to it, but I wonder if it can be taught new words using few-shot learning.
In fact, even GPT-2 gets close to that. Here's what I just got on Huggingface's Write With Transformer: Prompt: "Word dfjgasdjf means happiness. What is dfjgasdjf?" GPT-2: "dfjgasdjf is a very special word that you can use to express happiness, love or joy."
What takes time is all the learning a child needs to go through before they can be taught new words on the spot.
In fact, even GPT-2 gets close to that. Here's what I just got on Huggingface's Write With Transformer: Prompt: "Word dfjgasdjf means happiness. What is dfjgasdjf?" GPT-2: "dfjgasdjf is a very special word that you can use to express happiness, love or joy."
What takes time is all the learning a child needs to go through before they can be taught new words on the spot.