New Theory Suggests Chatbots Can Understand Text | Quanta Magazine
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Far from being “stochastic parrots,” the biggest large language models seem to learn enough skills to understand the words they’re processing.

I’ve been saying this for about a year since seeing the Othello GPT research, but it’s nice to see more minds changing as the research builds up.

  • PerogiBoi@lemmy.caEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I just did and it seems to understand.

    Prompt: Can you explain why “I knew a woman who owned a taser. Man, was she stunning!” Is funny?

    ChatGPT 3.5: The humor in this statement arises from a play on words. The word “stunning” is typically used to describe someone’s appearance, suggesting they are exceptionally attractive. However, in this context, it’s used in a different way, implying that the woman who owned a taser was stunning in the sense of being capable of stunning or shocking others. The unexpected twist creates a humorous juxtaposition between the two meanings of “stunning.”