Rimu@piefed.social to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 1 month agoRsync author responds to online outrage about his usage of LLMsmedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square238fedilinkarrow-up1274arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1265arrow-down1external-linkRsync author responds to online outrage about his usage of LLMsmedium.comRimu@piefed.social to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square238fedilinkfile-text
Seems like he’s been pushed into using LLMs as a way to cope with the deluge of LLM-generated security reports.
minus-squareMousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down10·1 month agoI 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.
minus-squareMalReynolds@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 month agoIf you feel the need to dumb it down, ‘statistical parrot’ works OK. I’m happy with the original.
minus-squaresupersquirrel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down2·1 month agoParrots also don’t just mindlessly repeat shit like an LLM does, parrots are intelligent AI is not.
minus-squareMousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoParrots are cool tho
minus-squarehowrar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoThe intended audience of “stochastic parrot” was other AI researchers who do use the term “stochastic” on a regular basis.
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