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I think "stochastic parrot" is a terrible way to describe LLMs. (Not to mention most people don't use the term "stochastic" a lot.)
"Slot machine autocomplete" might be a better choice.
If you feel the need to dumb it down, 'statistical parrot' works OK. I'm happy with the original.
Parrots also don't just mindlessly repeat shit like an LLM does, parrots are intelligent AI is not.
Parrots are cool tho
The intended audience of "stochastic parrot" was other AI researchers who do use the term "stochastic" on a regular basis.
Fair enough