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Re:Noam Chomsky: The False Promise of ChatGPT by lisasays on Thursday March 09, 2023 @04:17PM (#35086849)
"Regurgitating" would seem to be a better description.

In fact, a near-exact description of what these systems do, per the dictionary definition of the term:

   (intransitive verb) - To repeat (facts or other learned items) from memory with little reflection.
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Re:Noam Chomsky: The False Promise of ChatGPT by robertlagrant on Thursday March 09, 2023 @04:43PM (#35087154)
I don't think that's what it's doing. What makes you say that?
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Re:Noam Chomsky: The False Promise of ChatGPT by diydsp on Thursday March 09, 2023 @05:05PM (#35087440)
it's similar. it's a distinction of what a fact is... the full sentence may not be a fact, but it is a statistical fact that word X[1] follows X[2] most often after X[3], and most often after X[4], etc.
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Re:Noam Chomsky: The False Promise of ChatGPT by lisasays on Thursday March 09, 2023 @05:48PM (#35087927)
From very nature of how these systems operate - they aren't capable of "reflecting" about anything.
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Re:Noam Chomsky: The False Promise of ChatGPT by xdavidliu on Thursday March 09, 2023 @09:10PM (#35089590)
How are you so sure of the nature of these systems? Are you just speculating or regurgitating other peoples' speculations of these systems?
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Re:Noam Chomsky: The False Promise of ChatGPT by robertlagrant on Friday March 10, 2023 @03:29AM (#35091965)
Assuming your assertion is correct, I still don't think that anything that isn't "reflecting" must be "regurgitating".
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