Oxford Professor Michael Wooldridge Claims ChatGPT Lacks True Understanding
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“Oxford AI professor Michael Wooldridge: "ChatGPT doesn't understand anything. It's essentially doing some fancy statistics."”
Michael Wooldridge, a professor of computer science at the University of Oxford, has consistently argued that Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT do not possess genuine understanding. He describes their functionality as sophisticated statistical pattern-matching rather than a grasp of meaning or real-world context.