Can ChatGPT interpret speaking in tongues?

[The Liturgist]

The same way that code breakers do. Linguistics can teach them patterns and with enough of a sample they can begin to make sense of it. If the language is constantly shifting though it would only be meaningful to God.

Multiple cryptographers and linguists have studied glossolalia and have concluded that it has no meaningful semantic pattern. If the person who utters it doesn’t know what it means, and if there is no discernible structure to it, there is no possible way for an AI to decode it (if it lacked a discernible structure but the person who knew it did knw what it meant, it still couldn’t be decoded but could be vulnerable to what cryptanalysts call a “side-channel attack” which is for example possible in the case of One Time Pads which cannot be decoded if used correctly, unless you manage to capture the pad or make a copy of it, or unless the person using it uses it incorrectly (for example using the same pad more than once), which is why historically intelligence agents making use of them would store them on flash paper or other difficult-to-recover media.

 

[Richard T]

Multiple cryptographers and linguists have studied glossolalia and have concluded that it has no meaningful semantic pattern. If the person who utters it doesn’t know what it means, and if there is no discernible structure to it, there is no possible way for an AI to decode it (if it lacked a discernible structure but the person who knew it did knw what it meant, it still couldn’t be decoded but could be vulnerable to what cryptanalysts call a “side-channel attack” which is for example possible in the case of One Time Pads which cannot be decoded if used correctly, unless you manage to capture the pad or make a copy of it, or unless the person using it uses it incorrectly (for example using the same pad more than once), which is why historically intelligence agents making use of them would store them on flash paper or other difficult-to-recover media.

Yes, I have heard of those studies where linguists try to decode tongues. Perhaps, AI could be more sensitive to nuances is what I thought but likely you are right. I do wonder though if linguists ever capture those in research that have the most depth in their use of tongues. Specifically, I have heard and seen those that have a pretty good understanding of what is going on when they speak in tongues. For instance, the speaker may know if it is intercession, perhaps even deliverance. This may include a "release" when the burden has been "prayed through." In some cases the tongue talker, may even know the person and the Holy Spirit lets them know to some extent what is going on. Rarer cases have had strangers, even foreigners meet each other. The believer who was in trouble and the intercessor that filled in the gap for them and helped them avert a dangerous or tough situation through their prayer in tongues. Other notions include when tongues is used as praise. This is more joyful, may include singing in the spirit, and likely the words are more repetitious. In my observations not all tongue talkers are similar. Some too could possibly be doing it in the flesh? Anyway a fascinating topic and I appreciate you sharing what some of the limits are.