AIThe “stochastic parrot” label and perceptions of AI progress
One post argues that the label temporarily blinded many gifted people to AI progress, costing them crucial years they could have spent thinking through a response.
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Calling “stochastic parrot” a “mimetically-fit cognitive virus,” one post argues that the phrase spread from 2021 to 2025 and temporarily blinded many gifted people to the nature of AI progress. The author’s criticism centers on the lost opportunity for those people to help think through a response.
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The “stochastic parrot” label and perceptions of AI progress
One post argues that the label temporarily blinded many gifted people to AI progress, costing them crucial years they could have spent thinking through a response.