One way to see #ChatGPT 's ability to squirt a bunch of BS is by asking about a niche subject, like pivot templates in #subtitling.

Some experts call it the ultimate #bullshitter, able to provide convincing text without caring about truth or lies https://twitter.com/emollick/status/1619750722043789312

The difference with human bullshitters is that ChatGPT immediately backtracks when it's called out. Even when the info is true.

"Transformers are powerful deep neural networks that learn context by tracking relationships in sequential data (like the words in this sentence). That’s why this technology is often used in NLP (Natural Language Processing) tasks."
Encoding and decoding

ChatGPT is a language model designed to generate text based on patterns in large amounts of data it has analyzed. It utilizes deep neural networks to predict the next words in a sequence.

Why do people use it as if they believed Alexa and Siri actually talk to them?

I don't appreciate the "human" words used to describe it, such as "learn" and "experience".
Nor what surprisingly many people understand by AI.
It's about tools. Encoding and decoding. No thinking.