[ExI] e: GPT-4 on its inability to solve the symbol grounding problem

[Ben Zaiboc]

On 15/04/2023 00:54, Gordon Swobe wrote:
> The forms of words do not contain the seeds of their meanings.


Nobody is claiming this. I doubt if anyone, anywhere, ever, has claimed 
this.

The /associations/ of words are what contain, not just the seeds of, but 
their actual, meanings. This should be obvious. Look at the word 
'wicked' for example.

Ben
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