<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:large" class="gmail_default">Daniel — EXCELLENT comment!</div><div style="font-size:large" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:large" class="gmail_default">My reaction is essentially the same . . . I do not see anything in ChatGPT that reflects 'firm critical thinking'.</div><div style="font-size:large" class="gmail_default">Every example I have seen strikes me as 'telling me what I want to hear' and adding some flattering comments (superficially encouraging acceptance). I will say that ChatGPT *can* offer an interesting/possibly useful summation/synthesis of existing views, at times perhaps *beyond* what a well-read individual may possess, but not always. One thus needs to resist the temptation to suspend critical thought and historical vistas.</div><div style="font-size:large" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:large" class="gmail_default">After some 60+ years of chatbots (<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://onlim.com/en/the-history-of-chatbots/__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!W2QJAs3tICTbmFbVMa7eqt10V-6fklISTfymMEvExZd8O3enxZoB21n8ko11GSnKMXVBmmY4tKsVhRhX$">https://onlim.com/en/the-history-of-chatbots/</a>) it is unsurprising to see advances. If one looks even deeper at the 'informatic history' supporting all this, starting with Shannon's use of statistics . . . the 'irrational exuberance' tied to informatic advances (democratization of information) we see Shannon's Bandwagon essay. In references behind Shannon's work we even find 'boasts'(?) of sending 'intelligence' via telegraph lines. Were advances in telegraphs considered 'intelligent' in their own time?! (or invention of written script, paper, printing presses, etc.)?! Do we not still marvel at the invention/discovery of 'zero' as a major informatic leap? How we feared that people 'mindlessly' listening to radio broadcasts would become hypnotized zombies, or railroads (another informatic leap) spreading poisonous 'vapors'? And what of today's WWW, ChatGPT, and even the proliferation of cryptocurrencies (again, ALL informatic roles).</div></div><div style="font-size:large" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:large" class="gmail_default">After the blush of 'first encounters', generation of *actual* meaningful content (via firm critical thinking) is the only thing that truly matters in informatic advances. Further democratization of information is surely vital in bringing more data to more minds, facilitating/affording further likely FUNCTIONAL advances . . . but first, we must also learn to sort through the explosion of BS accompanying each such advance – and we are a very looooong way from doing that.</div><div style="font-size:large" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:large" class="gmail_default">Marcus</div></div></div>