yeah, but colloquially when people start using the term "stochastic parrot" they're referring to something far stupider. From a Technical and pedantic standpoint it could be said ALL intelligence is isomorphic to a stochastic parrot so it's not reasonable to assume in common communication that people are referring to the technical definition when they talk.
Your point in the article is basically saying that chatGPT is not as stupid as people think and also suggesting the fact that humans can be stupid in a similar way to chatGPT as well.
> yeah, but colloquially when people start using the term "stochastic parrot" they're referring to something far stupider. From a Technical and pedantic standpoint it could be said ALL intelligence is isomorphic to a stochastic parrot
I mean that's somewhat his point (if I understand him correctly). All intelligence could effectively be described as a "stochastic parrot" as a result, calling something a "stochastic parrot" is a roughly meaningless insult that is really a thinly-veiled way of saying "no it's dumber than me" without actually using those words.
And his point is, it's essentially a defense mechanism in people when challenged by something that is much smarter than expected to overly emphasis it's mistakes and fall back to "no it'd dumber than me" than evaluate it for what it actually is.
I think that's the issue. It's a defense mechanism.
If you replace "stochastic parrot" in most of those comments with "it's dumber than me" you see what the comment essentially is. "It's dumber than me. I'm smarter than it, I don't need to be worried about it".
Lol no. That's just what you tell yourself to feel smart.
They're are many who understand that don't think of it as dumb.
"I think GPT-3 is artificial general intelligence, AGI. I think GPT-3 is as intelligent as a human. And I think that it is probably more intelligent than a human in a restricted way… in many ways it is more purely intelligent than humans are. I think humans are approximating what GPT-3 is doing, not vice versa.”
— Connor Leahy, co-founder of EleutherAI, creator of GPT-J (November 2020)
That quote reveals either that they are 1) delusional or 2) a fraudster. Your comment leans more towards 2) but I think 1) is also a possibility, which in some ways I find more concerning (delusional cult leaders being potentially more dangerous than common fraudsters).
His point is humans and GPT are both stochastic parrots. I'm saying ALL intelligence even the one in an ant or a chess AI is a stochastic parrot. Thus it's pointless to use this term to compare intelligence. Therefore people must not actually be referring to the technical definition when they use the word "stochastic parrot."
>If you replace "stochastic parrot" in most of those comments with "it's dumber than me" you see what the comment essentially is. "It's dumber than me. I'm smarter than it, I don't need to be worried about it".
Yes this is Exactly What I was saying in the post you replied to. You and I are in agreement.
Your point in the article is basically saying that chatGPT is not as stupid as people think and also suggesting the fact that humans can be stupid in a similar way to chatGPT as well.