Critique of ChatGPT's Lack of True Intelligence and Understanding
By
colesantiago
Day-old at best. Try it dunked in something stronger.
Summary
The article argues that ChatGPT lacks true intelligence because it cannot understand or know anything, and warns against misplaced trust in AI systems that merely manipulate words without comprehension. The author defines intelligence as the capacity for knowledge and understanding, which they claim ChatGPT fundamentally lacks.
Key quotes
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It does not know what its output means. It has no idea that words can mean anything.
The widespread public error of attributing intelligence to those systems leads millions of people to a misplaced trust for them.
Please join me in spreading the word that people should not trust systems that mindlessly play with words to be correct in what those words mean.
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