In the excellent interview with American Vulgaria founder and editor , Ryan Simon discussed the inspiration behind his online magazine and cited the parrot as a sentient creature who repeats intelligible utterances without comprehension. This is an area that has been discussed by professor Paisley Livingston in his book ‘Art and Intention’ and is touched on in one of our Intentist Bites:

Chomsky and AI. A fictional conversation
May 20, 2025
Note: This is a fictional conversation between a LLM and an Intentist who is trying to represent Chomsky’s views that...
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