For many AI researchers, OpenAI's GPT-3 has been an unexpected step toward machines that can understand the vagaries of human language (Cade Metz/New York Times)

Cade Metz / New York Times:
For many AI researchers, OpenAI's GPT-3 has been an unexpected step toward machines that can understand the vagaries of human language  —  The latest natural-language system generates tweets, pens poetry, summarizes emails, answers trivia questions, translates languages and even writes its own computer programs.