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> Isn't that explanation of why wings work completely wrong?

This is an LLM. "Wrong" is not a concept that applies, as it requires understanding. The explanation is quite /probable/, as evidenced by the fact that they thought to use it as an example…

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"Wrong" is a concept that clearly applies when something is objectively wrong.

I asked ChatGPT for help with Wordle the other day, by asking for a 5-letter word that contained P, M, K and Y. It said:

> Yes, the word skimp contains the letters P, M, K, and Y

Would you say that wrong is not a concept that applies to this answer?

I think the original commenter meant that the LLM can't be called wrong because the concept requires understanding. However, I think it would be fine to call the LLM's response incorrect.

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