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Re:We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google by visarga on Saturday December 05, 2020 @05:42AM (#25313464)
> BTW, "Stochastic Parrots" is a very descriptive name for the problem

Meh, both parrots and language models are inferior to humans in producing language, but one is more useful than the other. And real parrots are also stochastic, like all living things.

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Re:We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google by basicneo on Saturday December 05, 2020 @06:03AM (#25313575)
Analogies aren't meant to withhold careful scrutiny. They're suggestive.
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Re:We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google by zepto on Saturday December 05, 2020 @11:08AM (#25315533)
Real parrots are clearly more useful.

After the stochastic parrots have caused the collapse of civilization, we can eat the real parrots.

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Re:We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google by YeGoblynQueenne on Saturday December 05, 2020 @12:22PM (#25316270)
>> And real parrots are also stochastic, like all living things.

I don't understand how living things are "stochasic". Can you please elaborate on the matter?

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