# The next page in the book of AI evolution is here, powered by GPT 3.5, and I am very, nay, extremely impressed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** ai\ **Created:** [December 2, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-page-in-the-book-of-ai-evolution-is-here-powered-by-gpt-3-5-and-i-am-very-nay-extremely-impressed/975945 "2022-12-02T22:54:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 947
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-page-in-the-book-of-ai-evolution-is-here-powered-by-gpt-3-5-and-i-am-very-nay-extremely-impressed/975945/947 "2023-02-26T18:16:48Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > Again, whether ChatGPT has any access to the semantic properties of words is exactly what’s at issue; the Newman argument, if correct, shows it doesn’t. I’ve explicated it several times in this thread, and won’t do so again just now, but I might perhaps start a separate thread on the issue. > [@Arjuna34](#): > > Do we know that’s a priori impossible in all cases? I’ve made good on my earlier promise/threat to @wolfpup , and started a thread making the positive case that there is no understanding in ChatGPT [over in GD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-chatgpt-doesnt-understand/980404). If that is true, I don’t see how there could be any way that ChatGPT could act as a universal translator in this sense. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-page-in-the-book-of-ai-evolution-is-here-powered-by-gpt-3-5-and-i-am-very-nay-extremely-impressed/975945)._