That phenomenon you speak of is real but I think the parents' comment is valid in this case. Being afraid of a large language model running statistics does look a lot like childishness or mental illness.
I can give the general public a pass because maybe they don't know the tech and are going off media hype. But for someone to know what this is and be afraid of it does look silly doesn't it?
I can give the general public a pass because maybe they don't know the tech and are going off media hype. But for someone to know what this is and be afraid of it does look silly doesn't it?