Current stochastic parrots do not have to be transformative, they have to appear smart enough for a critical mass of dumb enough people. And judging anecdotally

Current stochastic parrots do not have to be transformative, they have to appear smart enough for a critical mass of dumb enough people. And judging anecdotally from scanning social media - they already do. Even here, on HN, you find numerous comments of the shape: "${my favorite gpt} says this: <insert some gibberish>"