@lateinteraction: the only correct perspective on stochastic parrots
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Omar Khattab defends the term 'stochastic parrots,' suggesting it underscores the power of large language models despite criticism.
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the only correct perspective on stochastic parrots
Omar Khattab (@lateinteraction): I don’t get all the hate that the phrase “stochastic parrots” gets.
The main thing you should learn from all this is just how powerful very very very large parrots would be.
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