Have we stopped to think about what LLMs actually model?

Claims about much-hyped tech show flawed understanding of language and cognition, research argues
In May, Sam Altman, CEO of $80-billion-or-so OpenAI, seemed unconcerned about how much it would cost to achieve the company's stated goal. 'Whether we burn $500 million a year or $5 billion – or $50 billion a year – I don't care,' he told students at Stanford University. 'As long as we can figure out a way to pay the bills, we're making artificial general intelligence. It's going to be expensive.'…