Stories are compressed representations of complex spatiotemporal patterns. We use stories to make sense of the world and to share our insights with others. And if you think about it, stories are essentially containers for if-then relationships. So they're not as far removed from logical reasoning as you might imagine.

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.