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The point is that something that became a true AI could be very fast at learning some things, like how to interface with other people or machines, but not very quick at other "life skills" like empathy.

We're not worried about AI on the whole, but the blasted teenager AIs that feel the need to test their limits. Anything that functionally acts in a similar fashion could be dangerous.

Why would that be dangerous? We can shut down AIs in real time.

Parrots aren’t a perfect equivalent because there is a real intelligence behind the sounds that is communicating. Parrots don’t know english, but they learn tones and respond to them. I’m not sure Tay was anything other than a simple state machine.

Parlor Trick: https://www.wired.com/2007/09/super-smart-par/