https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2305.18618/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36143741urn:hackerpapers:mention:2305.18618:36143741Wed, 31 May 2023 20:20:26 GMT<p>No, it is an active research area to discover what they can do. A typical paper is something like this https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.18618 My opinion is as follows: Frankly the thing they are best at is bullshitting and some people are particularly good at falling for it, many of those people think they are talented &quot;prompt engineers&quot;. I think there is something about picking the &quot;most likely&quot; next word that stops people from perceiving incongruities, which gives chatbots a hypnotic power. There are certain kinds of problems chatbots seem to do well on but usually research shows they struggle to…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2305.18618/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.CL