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Re:The Word Made Lifeless. Are we becoming stochastic parrots? by marcus_holmes on Thursday September 25, 2025 @09:34PM (#45381567)
I find it ironic, if that's the right word, that this essay quotes someone else in almost every paragraph and yet insists that humans are not stochastic parrots, and the essence of human communication is original thought.
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Re:The Word Made Lifeless. Are we becoming stochastic parrots? by bluefirebrand on Friday September 26, 2025 @01:04AM (#45382845)
> yet insists that humans are not stochastic parrots

It seems trivially obvious to me that you cannot stochastic parrot yourself from apes with sticks and rocks to space flight and internet

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Re:The Word Made Lifeless. Are we becoming stochastic parrots? by datastoat on Sunday September 28, 2025 @10:30AM (#45404590)
Darwin would claim otherwise! Single cells plus random mutation plus selective copying = rocket ships.
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