Kevin Roose: 'Stochastic Parrot' Discourse Blinded Millions to AI Progress
bigblueboo · x · 2026-09-21
Kevin Roose amplifies Jack Clark's take that the 'stochastic parrot' meme was a cognitive virus (2021-2025) that temporarily blinded gifted people to AI progress, burning crucial years; he calls millions of smart people's capabilities denialism one of the century's tragedies.
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