The stochastic parrot narrative has been a huge boon to AI progress
voooooogel · x · 2026-09-10
voooooogel argues it's funny how hard e/acc types fought the stochastic parrot narrative, because that narrative has actually been a stupendous boon to AI progress: it kept normal people from freaking out about AI for fear of looking stupid and credulous.
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