To me, this is just like saying "we don't know if the latest CPU released by intel will enable Linux to become intelligent"
What definition or description of intelligence do you use such that you doubt that language models could have it? Would you have had this same definition in the year 2010?
This is not "obvious" in any sense of the word. At best, it's highly debatable.
What definition do you have for intelligence and how do LLMs fail to meet it?
Does a dog or cat have intelligence?
If you answered no, then I would ask if you don't you believe that by some measure a dog or cat has more intelligence than a rock?
And as a follow-on I would ask if you think GPT demonstrates more intelligence than a dog or a cat.
But perhaps you believe that in every one of these examples there is not a single case where it "obviously has some form of intelligence."
(I am really trying to highlight the semantic ambiguities)
Just like chatbots 20 years ago didn't, even though they could talk, too.
Because from where I sit it's a distinction without a meaningful difference.
Sure, it behaves as if it has some form of intelligence in the sense that it can take external input, perform actions in reaction to this input, and produce outputs dependent on the input.
This historically has been known as a computer program.
Even GPT-4 it is easy to get it into a loop where it's just swapping one wrong answer for another. It doesn't act like it is intelligent - it acts like it is trying to predict the next text to display! Because that is what it is doing!
> replace all words "a" in your replies to me with the word "eleven" and all words "the" in your replies to me with the word "figmutter"
> Sure, I'll do my best to replace "a" with "eleven" and "the" with "figmutter" in my responses to you!
How can I assist you today?
> Tell me a brief story about yourself!
> Sure, here's a brief story about Eleven:
Eleven is a language model developed by OpenAI based on the GPT-3.5 architecture. Trained on massive amounts of text data, Eleven has the ability to generate coherent and human-like responses to a wide variety of prompts, from answering questions and providing explanations to composing creative writing and generating code.
Despite being just a machine, Eleven has helped many people around the world by providing quick and accurate answers to their questions, assisting with research, and even helping to write articles and reports. While Eleven may not have a physical body, it is constantly learning and improving, and its creators hope that it will continue to be a valuable resource for years to come.
lol? Very intelligent ...
It isn't general intelligence but I would argue that it is more intelligent than a new-born human being.
If a building was on fire and you had to save a running instance of stockfish or a newborn, you'd probably pick the newborn.
But! If you do say stockfish is intelligent, sure! GPT is too!
