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A comment on On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots [pdf].

Re:On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots [pdf] by unbiasedml on Monday March 01, 2021 @04:00PM (#26308349)
See also

"The Slodderwetenschap (Sloppy Science) of Stochastic Parrots – A Plea for Science to NOT take the Route Advocated by Gebru and Bender" by Michael Lissack.

https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2101/2101.10098.pdf

I found this a reasonable critique of the original, despite apparent TOS violations by Lissack leading to his Twitter account being locked.

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Re:On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots [pdf] by brainfog on Monday March 01, 2021 @07:39PM (#26310490)
For context, the "apparent TOS violations" were him harassing the authors and a handful of other people.
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