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The Download: why AI's latest breakthroughs and fears may be more hype than rea

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  1. simonw · · focus · HN ↗
    Is this meant to link to the article as opposed to a newsletter that mentions the article?

    Article link is: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.technologyreview.com&#x2F;2026&#x2F;09&#x2F;22&#x2F;1144867&#x2F;dont-be-fooled-summer-ai-hype&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.technologyreview.com&#x2F;2026&#x2F;09&#x2F;22&#x2F;1144867&#x2F;dont-be-...

    1. emil-lp · · focus · HN ↗
      Title

      Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype

    2. bananaflag · · focus · HN ↗
      One of the authors is one of the stochastic parrot authors.
      1. simonw · · focus · HN ↗
        Both authors. Stochastic Parrots was Emily M. Bender, Timnit Gebru, Angelina McMillan-Major, and Margaret Mitchell - the linked article is by Emily M. Bender and Timnit Gebru.
        1. DonHopkins · · focus · HN ↗
          This made my day! I love it when people on Hacker News mention Stochastic Parrots, and they&#x27;re actually referring to the paper and its authors, instead of just mindlessly performing a reflexive drive-by anti-ai shibboleth by parroting a phrase they heard on the internet without any understanding of what it means, or what paper it refers to, or who wrote it, or what the conclusion and responses to the paper were. Thank you!

          But we have to have a talk about stochastic pelicans riding bicycles...

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