> So, the big take away needs to be that there is absolutely no understanding, no cognizance of any kind, no language comprehension going on. Okay, but what is

> So, the big take away needs to be that there is absolutely no understanding, no cognizance of any kind, no language comprehension going on. Okay, but what is understanding, cognizance, comprehension? And so on for further precision of definitions, until you reach that vague nebulous area that is consciousness. We simply haven't figured that out, period. So we cannot really say that this AI does not have those qualities, unless its output is obviously showing it. Which ChatGPT does not, most of the time.