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Modern neural network architectures are Turing complete [1]. So I don't see any argument for a limit in principle unless you are arguing that a Turing machine can't achieve language understanding. If that's what you're saying, then I wonder who is espousing mysticism here.

[1] https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.03429



Are you forgetting the distinction between a program and a computer?

Language understanding doesn't magically spawn itself as a process on your computer! Someone has to write that program first.

And that's my point. ChatGPT transforms language, but it does not understand it. For that, we will need a different kind of program.


Language understanding doesn't magically spawn itself as a process on your computer! Someone has to write that program first.

Do you think it's impossible for such a program to emerge as weights in a Turing complete neural network architecture?




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