GNU Stallman, Originally from AI Research, Severely Criticized ChatGPT: 'ChatGPT is not "intelligence," so don't call it "AI"!'
Hello, I'm incompetent.
When I looked about a year or so ago, I thought, 'Oh, there's nothing written!' but then an article was added.
Reasons not to use ChatGPT
Below is a translation by ChatGPT (this is not meant to provoke).
Reasons not to use ChatGPT: ChatGPT is not "intelligence," so please don't call it "AI."
I define "intelligence" as the ability to "know" or "understand" at least in some domain. ChatGPT cannot know or understand anything, so it is not intelligence. ChatGPT does not know what its own output means. It doesn't even have the concept that words have meaning.
I call this a "bullshit generator" because it generates output "indifferent to truth."
Many other "generative systems" also have similar problems for the same reason.
The widespread misconception of attributing intelligence to these systems leads many people to inappropriate trust in them. Please help spread the awareness that one should not trust systems that merely play with words and are not necessarily correct about what those words mean.
Another reason to reject ChatGPT is that users cannot get a copy of it. ChatGPT is unreleased software; users cannot even obtain an executable, let alone the source code. The only way to use it is to interact with a server, which keeps users at a distance.
Operating one's computer through software on someone else's server inherently undermines user freedom.
And that was a refreshing criticism.
Stallman's statement is, after all, a philosophical one stemming from the GNU General Public License, and in the first half of the text, it seems to imply that ChatGPT is not the AI Stallman is looking for.
This means there's still a path for evolution.
While some question the GNU license itself, he is also a person who has involved many people and energized them through the GNU Manifesto.
On the public stage, Linus tends to be more visible, but Stallman often takes an underground stance.
I want to continue observing his statements for a long time to come. The fact that we can enjoy this in real-time is thanks to the freedom of the internet, and because he is still alive.
Until next time, thank you.