Parrot-owning LLM tinkerer: I don't mind the "stochastic parrot" label
ryunuck · x · 2026-09-21
In a debate over the "stochastic parrot" label, ryunuck says he actually keeps a pet parrot, doesn't mind the term at all, and credits much of his success in LLM psychology to growing up with birds — LLMs are "exactly similarly the same." It follows a jab from repligate at people blinded by the phrase.
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