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The 'stochastic parrots' critique threatens the AI boom's founding narrative that tech companies are building a machine god, which is part of why the industry hates it
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- Brian Merchant Journalist and author; writes Blood in the Machine
stochastic parrots undercuts the very foundation that the AI boom is built on: That tech companies are building a machine god of infinite power and potential.
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↗The two words the AI industry hates more than anythingbloodinthemachine.com
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