gideonite comments on The idea that ChatGPT is simply “predicting” the next word is, at best, misleading

[gideonite]

We’re all more or less doing that when we speak or write, though there are times when we may set out to be deliberately surprising – but we can set such complications aside

We’re all more or less doing that when we speak or write?

[Bill Benzon]

This:

Of course ChatGPT is “trying to continue in a statistically sensible way.” We’re all more or less doing that when we speak or write,