Is In-Context Learning a Type of Gradient-Based Learning? Evidence from the Inverse Frequency Effect in Structural Priming
Authors: Zhenghao Zhou, Robert Frank, R. Thomas McCoy


Reviewer paper summaries: The paper discusses the hypothesis that in-context learning is an emergent ability of LLMs, and, in particular, that the inverse frequency effect shown un human processing may be a processing mechanism for some LLMs as well, when both a fine-tuning and a concatenation modes are applied.
Summary of strengths: The most relevant issue dealt by the paper is the “similarity” of  humans and models behaviour.
Summary of weaknesses: To overcome a potential weakness, I recommend the author(s) to share data, training scripts and outputs .
Comments, suggestions and typos: See previous section
Overall assessment scores: 3.5