Jack Clark: "stochastic parrot" was a cognitive virus that blinded elites to AI progress
IgorCarron · x · 2026-09-21
- Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark argues that "stochastic parrot" was a mimetically-fit cognitive virus that spread from 2021 to 2025.
- In his view, it temporarily blinded many gifted people to the nature of AI progress, burning crucial years they could have spent thinking through how to respond to AI.
- Reposter Igor Carron adds a French angle: journalists who kept pushing the term actively disserved the French public's understanding of the technology.
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