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Maybe the word is technically accurate. [Edit] Alive is also a word with a lot of ambiguity associated. I'm not sure we have a clear definition. If "I think t

Maybe the word is technically accurate. [Edit] Alive is also a word with a lot of ambiguity associated. I'm not sure we have a clear definition. If "I think therefore I am" is the requirement, gpts do not qualify, as they do not act independently. [Edit] Definition 1) To produce words by means of sounds; talk. - gpt passes Definition 2) To express thoughts or feelings to convey information in speech or writing. - gpt fails [Edit] You used quotes, but I never said most of those things.

moshun 3y ago
The best kind of accurate
- EchoChamberMan 3y ago
  Except not really.
Kim_Bruning 3y ago
If you lazily googled it the same way I did, you would have also found: Definition 3) To convey information or ideas in text. (gpt passes this one) By the way, dictionary definitions are often very fuzzy, so this is not really any sort of great evidence for anything. More me returning your lackadaisical volley with the same vim and vigor as I received it. ;-) I bet you can do better!
- EchoChamberMan 3y ago
  Why is it lazy? Should I have used a paper dictionary? Would that be hard work as opposed to lazy? I didn't bother to include the third definition as I'm not sure how it is different than either of the first two. So what if it passes the third?
  - Kim_Bruning 3y ago
    Because the third definition is the strongest plausible interpretation of the original statement (that can be found in that particular dictionary at least). [1] And: selectively leaving out part of a quote that appears to (partially) contradict your thesis might be seen by some as an attempt to mislead. Best to err on the side of caution! Though -like I said- dictionaries are possibly the weakest source of definitions you can find. Dictionaries need to keep things extremely short, so they're unlikely to have much nuance. Even Encyclopedias (including Wikipedia) are more accurate and reliable, simply because they have more space to expand on a concept in detail. Books or papers are best. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. "
    - EchoChamberMan 3y ago
      Ah, yes, I found it ridiculous the first definition formally excluded everything but sounds, and in my mind interpreted it to include text. That is an error. [Edit] i.e. "To produce words by means of sounds or text." Whoops.

moshun 3y ago

The best kind of accurate

EchoChamberMan 3y ago
Except not really.

Kim_Bruning 3y ago

If you lazily googled it the same way I did, you would have also found: Definition 3) To convey information or ideas in text. (gpt passes this one) By the way, dictionary definitions are often very fuzzy, so this is not really any sort of great evidence for anything. More me returning your lackadaisical volley with the same vim and vigor as I received it. ;-) I bet you can do better!

EchoChamberMan 3y ago
Why is it lazy? Should I have used a paper dictionary? Would that be hard work as opposed to lazy? I didn't bother to include the third definition as I'm not sure how it is different than either of the first two. So what if it passes the third?
- Kim_Bruning 3y ago
  Because the third definition is the strongest plausible interpretation of the original statement (that can be found in that particular dictionary at least). [1] And: selectively leaving out part of a quote that appears to (partially) contradict your thesis might be seen by some as an attempt to mislead. Best to err on the side of caution! Though -like I said- dictionaries are possibly the weakest source of definitions you can find. Dictionaries need to keep things extremely short, so they're unlikely to have much nuance. Even Encyclopedias (including Wikipedia) are more accurate and reliable, simply because they have more space to expand on a concept in detail. Books or papers are best. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. "
  - EchoChamberMan 3y ago
    Ah, yes, I found it ridiculous the first definition formally excluded everything but sounds, and in my mind interpreted it to include text. That is an error. [Edit] i.e. "To produce words by means of sounds or text." Whoops.