> You are a state machine. Humans are analog, state machines are not. And the analogue I will use here is that a model of anything is not the thing itself by

> You are a state machine. Humans are analog, state machines are not. And the analogue I will use here is that a model of anything is not the thing itself by definition. > We are perhaps different stochastic parrots than the models we create, but likely stochastic parrots none the less. To parrot is to "to repeat by rote"[0]. Algorithms, such as LLM's, do so as that is all they can do. I choose to not limit myself to being a parrot. Which is why I am not one. As Descartes proffers: The only thing we have power over in the universe is our own thoughts.[1] 0 - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parrot https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parrot 1 - https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1521522 https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1521522