Tivadar Danka reiterates view: LLMs are fundamentally statistical parrots
TivadarDanka · x · 2026-08-21
Math communicator Tivadar Danka reposted a skeptical take on Large Language Models, arguing that despite advancements like reasoning, tool calling, and memory, LLMs are fundamentally "statistical bullshit generators" and "stochastic parrots" trained to say what users want to hear rather than what they need to hear.
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