Coined-term drama: even the authors can't agree what "Astra/Fable" means
giffmana · x · 2026-09-27
Researcher giffmana wades into a terminology spat, noting that in the quoted thread his "stochastic parrot coauthor Timnit" is calling terms like "Astra" and "Fable" — which they co-coined — "the accurate description" of something he believes they aren't. His point: if the two people who coined the terms wildly disagree on what they even refer to today, there's no hope for everyone else. A slice of AI-academia naming drama highlighting how muddled these concept definitions have become.
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