# Ben Thompson - ChatGPT Learns Computing (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://i0.wp.com/stratechery.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/chatgpt-plugins-12.png?fit=1200%2C281&ssl=1) ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/25800453) **Source**:: #from/readwise **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Ben Thompson]] **Full Title**:: ChatGPT Learns Computing **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [stratechery.com](https://stratechery.com/2023/chatgpt-learns-computing/) **Host**:: [[stratechery.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2023-03-28]] **Created**:: [[2023-04-04]] ## Highlights - But when it comes to setting up things that have to be perfect, machine learning just isn’t the way to do it—much as humans aren’t either. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gwkgrrvsxd1wc5b02jzkz0a3)) ^499072620 - Intelligence is the ability of a system to learn a model of the world. However, the resulting model by itself is valueless, emotionless, and has no goals. Goals and values are provided by whatever system is using the model. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gwkgxc8w5t734nn3646ey359)) ^499072902