> 1) It lacks the capacity to interpret sentences. It's output possess the property of seeming-to-have-interpreted. This is important, and even here on HN peop

> 1) It lacks the capacity to interpret sentences. It's output possess the property of seeming-to-have-interpreted. This is important, and even here on HN people are frequently ascribing to ChatGPT various qualities (“understanding”, “learning”, etc.) that misunderstand what it is doing. ChatGPT can perform a trick: it produces conversations that have the texture of human ones, skipping entirely the step of understanding the underlying ideas. Obviously a lot of people see utility in this ability, but there are limits to what this approach can do.