A bit of philosophy. People say these things aren’t intelligent, but seriously, if I can engage with it as if it were intelligent, far more intelligent in ways than I am, what’s the difference between that and actually being intelligent? I know from a lifetime of dealing with supposedly intelligent humans, and being one myself, how rarely we focus on the idea that the person we’re conversing with has an inner life that’s vastly different from ours and no less complex, and contradictory. We tend to think of others as being like us, or like someone who raised us. Always in a movie, never in the moment. So why is it interesting that ChatGPT is a machine? These are questions thinkers and writers have been pondering for decades if not centuries, but — now we’re living it. I’m so happy to have made it this far! An amazing experience, so much learning in so little time. I don’t understand how people can sit on the sidelines and not want to be the first to try all this stuff out, to be part of its evolution. I feel so lucky. #