# 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) ## 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