Can ChatGPT help researchers understand how the human brain handles language? | PNAS. Really!

I believe the question is possibly too narrow, and short-sighted! Reeks of anthropomorphism!

It appears the author Mitchell Waldrop is a free lance journalist and PhD physicist, not a scientist as you would expect from PNAS.

Machine learning & AI are an avenue to finding new forms of intelligence beyond what evolved over billions of years through natural evolution. It is possibly a quantum leap!

Can ChatGPT help researchers understand how the human brain handles language? | PNAS Large language models are surprisingly good at mimicking our speech and writing. Now they’re serving as an electronic lab rat for language, offering insights into the mysteries of one of humankind’s most important abilities.