I don't understand why you'd find the use of the term 'parrot' offensive. Language models extract linguistic patterns. GPTs generate patterns based on those which they have been trained on. That's a process that can be described as parroting. If you find it offensive because you think it implies that the researchers coming up with these models aren't worthy of credit, I think you are reading something into it that isn't there. At least not from my perspective.

When I mentioned updating cultural beliefs, I was referring to the traditional way of going about it: through cultural products. My point was that the "PC crowd" would be better off if they relied on this strategy rather than attempting to halt the development of language models. I was absolutely not suggesting that language models should be used to "train" members of society. That's a dystopian nightmare.