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‘ELIZA on steroids: Why GPT is not intelligence’
May 4, 2025 – Alexander Renz Translations: DE
GPT and similar models simulate comprehension. They imitate conversations, emotions, reasoning. But in reality, they are statistical probability models, trained on massive text corpora – without awareness, world knowledge, or intent.
What Does GPT Actually Do?
GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) is not a thinking system, but a language prediction model. It calculates which token (word fragment) is most likely to come next – based on the context of previous tokens.
‘ELIZA’’s Rules vs. GPT’’s Weights: The Same Symbol Manipulation, Just Bigger’
ELIZA was a parrot with rules – GPT is a chameleon with probabilities. Yet both are symbolic manipulators without true understanding.