I don't see why'd you have to prove humans are anything at all, to validate the claim that GPT is a word predictor. ChatGPT doesn't really need defending, the proof is in it's massive success.. right?

It seems the news cycle has settled into two possible options for future code releases. It's either the second coming of Christ (hyperbolically speaking) or it's an overly reductive definition of GPT's core functionality.

I can't help but be reminded of the first time the iPod came out [0] and the Slashdot editor of the time, dismissed it out of hand completely.

[0] https://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/apple-releases-i...