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ChatGPT doesn’t know its whisk from its elbow
Gary Marcus critiques ChatGPT's lack of embodied understanding and spatial reasoning, arguing that the language model struggles with physical concepts that humans intuitively grasp through bodily expe
Gary Marcus critiques ChatGPT's lack of embodied understanding and spatial reasoning, arguing that the language model struggles with physical concepts that humans intuitively grasp through bodily experience. The post illustrates limitations in how AI systems process concrete, physical knowledge compared to human cognition grounded in physical interaction with the world.
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Source: Gary Marcus (X) | 2026-04-22