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Essentially, you reason that 1. If ChatGPT is turing complete, it can execute this BASIC program 2. It can execute this BASIC program 3. Therefore, it is tur
by boomlinde 2y ago
Essentially, you reason that
1. If ChatGPT is turing complete, it can execute this BASIC program
2. It can execute this BASIC program
3. Therefore, it is turing complete
If you don't see the flaw in your reasoning, ask ChatGPT to explain "affirming the consequent" to you.
- janekmuric 2y agoYou misread the post. He is asserting that if ChatGPT can execute basic programs, then it is Turing complete. This is true since you can make a turing machine in basic. Whether or not ChatGPT can "execute" basic programs is the crictical point of the argument.
- boomlinde 2y ago> You misread the post. No. > He is asserting that if ChatGPT can execute basic programs, then it is Turing complete. This is true since you can make a turing machine in basic. This is not true. OP demonstrates with one BASIC program which does not implement a turing machine. It's then true that ChatGPT can "execute" BASIC programs, for at least some subset of all BASIC programs. It does not follow that ChatGPT can execute a BASIC program which does implement a turing machine. > Whether or not ChatGPT can "execute" basic programs is the crictical point of the argument. Yes, and OP fails to reason for that critical point in a way that's logically consistent.