Gary Marcus: stop blaming me for coining 'stochastic parrot' — I didn't
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-10-07
Gary Marcus pushed back at critics who keep attributing the phrase "stochastic parrot" to him. He says the term isn't his and he never endorsed it, calling the accusation worse than a strawman and lamenting that people don't seem to care what he actually said.
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