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I've personally described the "stochastic parrot" model to laypeople who were worried about AI and they came away much more relaxed about it doing something "malicious". They seemed to understand the difference between "trained at roleplay" and "consciousness".

I don't think we need to simplify it to the point of considering it sentient to get the public to interact with it successfully. It causes way more problems than it solves.

>>andyfe+(OP)
Am I misunderstanding what you mean by "malicious"? It sounds like the stochastic parrot model wrongly convinced these laypeople you were talking to that they don't need to worry about LLMs doing bad things. That's definitely been my experience - the people who tell me the most about stochastic parrots are the same ones who tell me that it's absurd to worry about AI-powered disinformation or AI-powered scams.