Q&A: ChatGPT isn’t sentient, it’s a next-word prediction engine

ChatGPT has taken the world by storm with its ability to generate textual answers that can be indistinguishable from human responses. The chatbot platform and its underlying large language model — GPT-3 — can be valuable tools to automate functions, help with creative ideas, and even suggest new computer code and fixes for broken apps. 

The generative AI technology — or chatbots — have been overhyped and in some cases even claimed to have sentience or a form of consciousness. The technology has also had its share of embarassing missteps. Google’s Bard stumbled out of the gate this month by providing wrong answers to questions posed by users.

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