On Stochastic Parrots
Call it whatever you want. Use it, if you want. Don’t tell me it’s art. Don’t tell me that I’m wrong for not using it. I don’t think this is a very controversial take within artistic circles, but as someone who also works (well, worked…) in tech I get to see it forced into every nook and cranny of existence with the expectation that if you’re not using LLMs to do the majority of your work then you’re probably not employable right now. ...