In the broader sense of transmitting information via spoken words, of course that GPT4 hooked to a text-to-speech software can “talk”. It can talk in the same way Stephen Hawking (RIP) could talk, by passing written text to a mindless automaton reader.
I used “talking” in the sense of being able to join a conversation and exchange information not through literal text only. I am not very good at picking up tone myself, but I suppose that even people on the autism spectrum would notice a difference between someone yelling at them and someone speaking soberly, even if the spoken words are the same. And that’s definitely a skill that GPT-conversator should have if people want to use it as a personal therapist or the like (I am not saying that using GPT as a personal therapist would be a good idea anyway).
It’s probably better to taboo “talking” here.
In the broader sense of transmitting information via spoken words, of course that GPT4 hooked to a text-to-speech software can “talk”. It can talk in the same way Stephen Hawking (RIP) could talk, by passing written text to a mindless automaton reader.
I used “talking” in the sense of being able to join a conversation and exchange information not through literal text only. I am not very good at picking up tone myself, but I suppose that even people on the autism spectrum would notice a difference between someone yelling at them and someone speaking soberly, even if the spoken words are the same. And that’s definitely a skill that GPT-conversator should have if people want to use it as a personal therapist or the like (I am not saying that using GPT as a personal therapist would be a good idea anyway).