Claude 3 on understanding vs. “understanding”

<p><a href="https://medium.com/new-story?source=---two_column_layout_nav----------------------------------" rel="noopener follow">Write</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/me/notifications?source=---two_column_layout_nav----------------------------------" rel="noopener follow">1</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="Hoganqaliciakuy" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fill:64:64/0*rQUXXQGSLQTF5NiS" style="height:32px; width:32px" /></p> <p>Get unlimited access to the best of Medium for less than $1/week.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/plans?source=upgrade_membership---post_top_nav_upsell----------------------------------" rel="noopener follow">Become a member</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1>Claude 3 on understanding vs. &ldquo;understanding&rdquo;</h1> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@gordonswobe?source=post_page-----84fa887eb23d--------------------------------" rel="noopener follow"><img alt="Gordon Swobe" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fill:88:88/1*fDiEeNsyEPlrdwDAewc0_w.jpeg" style="height:44px; width:44px" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@gordonswobe?source=post_page-----84fa887eb23d--------------------------------" rel="noopener follow">Gordon Swobe</a></p> <p>&middot;</p> <p>Follow</p> <p>4 min read</p> <p>&middot;</p> <p>Apr 2, 2024</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>A recent study suggests that Claude 3 Opus has the highest IQ among current language models. With that in mind, I engaged Claude in this interesting conversation.</p> <p>Me:<br /> Dear Claude 3 Opus,</p> <p>They say you are the smartest kid on the block. I have a question for you:</p> <p>Consider an unknown natural language X for which there is no Rosetta Stone or other similar means for identifying the non-word referents of the language</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@gordonswobe/claude-3-on-understanding-vs-understanding-84fa887eb23d"><strong>Website.</strong></a></p>