> "I still don't understand the purported difference between "sounds smart" and "is smart"." Humans will say things such as "doohickey", "you know, this thing

> "I still don't understand the purported difference between "sounds smart" and "is smart"." Humans will say things such as "doohickey", "you know, this thing here", or "what if there was something that did this" when they know the concept but don't have the words. https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20121121 https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20121121 In the reverse, what's smart about the "turbo encabulator" lecture is the form, not the content. And the person giving the lecture absolutely knows this. ChatGPT can form a lecture, and it can form it with correct information. But until it can form it with concepts that it doesn't have words for I don't see how you can say it "is smart". See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperlexia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperlexia