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Author of 'Stochastic Parrots' paper clarifies LLMs are stochastic parrots, not AI

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A technologist and author of the "Stochastic Parrots" paper clarifies that while Artificial Intelligence (AI) itself is not a stochastic parrot, Large Language Models (LLMs) are. The author emphasizes that despite this characteristic, LLMs can still be extremely useful tools. AI

IMPACT Clarifies the distinction between AI and LLMs, framing LLMs as useful despite their stochastic nature.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece by a named author clarifying terminology around AI and LLMs.

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Author of 'Stochastic Parrots' paper clarifies LLMs are stochastic parrots, not AI

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    "Let me first jump to the claim that’s most painful for me, speaking as a technologist and as an author on the Stochastic Parrots 🦜 paper: No, “Artificial Intel

    "Let me first jump to the claim that’s most painful for me, speaking as a technologist and as an author on the Stochastic Parrots 🦜 paper: No, “Artificial Intelligence” is not a stochastic parrot. Large language models (LLMs) are. And large language models can be extremely useful…

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