They all, however, lack human-like comprehension of language, said Jonathan Howell, a professor in the linguistics department at Montclair State University.
Instead, they continuously refine their understanding of language to enhance their ability to accurately predict the proper response, according to experts. They are good at repeating what we said and can guess what a reply might be, Howell said. When prompted, they perform what is essentially an “autocomplete” function on steroids, Singh added.