[sothatsit]

They are to some extent though. The bigger point is that they are not just a stochastic parrot. But examples like the modified riddles where they just answer the original riddle shows that they have the behaviour of stochastic parrots at least some of the time.

[ninetyninenine]

Yeah you're right. I guess that's the spirit of my intent, to say they are more than stochastic parrots... a behavior they, like humans, exhibit sometimes