This is set up for laughs, but it’s actually one of the best demonstrations I’ve seen of how being capable of producing convincing sounding language and understanding meaning are two completely different things.
A chatbot does not understand you, it just has automated responses based on your words.
![[a person viewed from behind stands looking up at TRUMP tower in Chicago. The person is holding a yellow wooden paddle over their right shoulder that has the word "YAOI" printed on it in large black letters.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreihmt7hg6upz7l5hutgtaibutttlh2wwyt3lqgzf7nopsymcojascm)
![A five panel comic featuring Mariella, a mouse with long wavy hair and big ears, and Rusty, a rat with shorter scruffy fur and small ears. In the first panel, Mariella looks at a lineup of movie posters with rodent-like protagonists. In the center is a poster with a mousetrap and a scary font, resembling a horror film.
Mariella: The sports movie'll put me to sleep... The romance one, I think the book was better. Oh, how about the slasher?
The next two panels feature the characters exchanging dialogue. Rusty looks smug, while Mariella looks a little disappointed.
Rusty: Slashers... Predictable, lowbrow. The McDonalds of Horror. 'Sides, Slashers aren't even scary.
Mariella: But I won't want to see it all by myself!
The last panels, Rusty concedes as Mariella runs off ahead of him.
Rusty: Well, 'spose a bad movie review wouldn't hurt my blog.
Mariella: Oh, yeah! Maybe you'll finally get a fifth follower!
Rusty [thinking, looking self-conscious]: She said it so earnestly...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6vmdokqghozvjnhf4vgbq75x/bafkreigsd4yo6xtfmkdyhz3turi25iw7nadnnv7ozmjh7yz34xb74xur64)
