The story so far: Most of the discussion of ChatGPT I'm seeing from even very smart, tech-savvy people is just not good. In articles and podcasts, people are talking about this chatbot in unhelpful ways. And by "unhelpful ways," I don't just mean that they're anthropomorphizing (though they are doing that). Rather, what I mean is that they're not working with a practical, productive understanding of what the bot's main parts are and how they fit together. To put it another way, there are some can-opener problems manifesting in the ChatGPT conversation, and lowering the quality of The Discourse. To be clear, I do not know everything I'd like to know about this topic. That said, I'm certainly far enough along that I can help others who are a few steps behind.