Sooner or later, I think people are going to have to come to terms with the fact that “stochastic parrot” is actually a correct way to describe an LLM Yes, it turns out that stochastic parrots can do a tremendous amount, and the technology is revolutionary, but it is still tokens and tokens out at the end of the day There is no lived experience inside that matrix multiplication machine, no persistent state, no emotions, no sense of identity, ownership, or belonging It is just an empty autocomplete machine Extremely useful to humans, much better than humans at a lot of things, but an empty tool with no agency, no will, and no emotions I think fighting to maintain that perspective, and to see through what is essentially a puppet show, is going to be an important part of navigating the next few years