# Why ChatGPT doesn't understand

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Tags:** ai\
**Created:** [February 26, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-chatgpt-doesnt-understand/980404 "2023-02-26T18:13:29Z")\
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**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:** [March 2, 2023, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-chatgpt-doesnt-understand/980404/67 "2023-03-02T09:22:08Z")

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> [@wolfpup](#):
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> Fodor, as I’m sure you’re aware, was renowned as a philosopher and cognitive scientist and made important contributions to the computational theory of mind, but was sometimes at odds with AI researchers.

So, just to help me triangulate your position. When you perceive Fodor’s view to align with yours, and somebody dares criticize him, it’s

> [@The next page in the book of AI evolution is here, powered by GPT 3.5, and I am very, nay, extremely impressed](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/975945/698):
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> He was a towering figure in cognitive science who I daresay greatly overshadowed his various critics.

But once your views diverge, he can be just dismissed by a vague wave in the direction of unspecified ‘AI researchers’?

I should think that the views he holds would at least demand a fair hearing.

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