I've seen some very clever output from GPT-*, but zero indicating any kind of abstract generalized understanding of any topic in use. Being able to predict the

I've seen some very clever output from GPT-*, but zero indicating any kind of abstract generalized understanding of any topic in use. Being able to predict the most likely succeeding string for a given input can be extremely useful. I've even used it with some success as a more sophisticated kind of search engine for some materials science questions. But I'm under no illusions that it has the first shadow of a hint of minor understanding of the topics of materials science, nevermind any general understanding. It seems we're discussing different meanings of the word "generalize".