parable

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Is it a parable about the dangers posed by artificial intelligence and the fawning tendencies of large language models?

From Salon

This kind of frustration was both spirit and subject of the regrettable parable “Don’t Look Up,” in which astronomers’ warnings about an approaching comet were swallowed in the black hole of 24-hour media.

From New York Times

In this regard, the Noscues’ story offers a parable of sorts: In principle at least, every Colombian citizen has access to the nation’s health care system.

From New York Times

Dickens' novel is a class parable about a boy raised by a blacksmith who believes himself to be better than his humble origins and the people around him.

From Salon

Both narratives resonate; each a kind of parable of how women have had to invent themselves in flight.

From Washington Post