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by drweevil 291 days ago
If two entities--one an "AI", one a real, thinking person--happen to say the same thing, one is a stochastic parrot, and one isn't. The "real, thinking" part is what makes all the difference. We use language to communicate thoughts. These hucksters are taking advantage of the conflation of languages and the thoughts they are used to convey to pretend they have invented thinking machines.