stochastic parrot
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A language model that uses artificial intelligence to generate seemingly coherent or contextually relevant text but does not truly understand the meaning of the language it is processing
Derogatory
Example Sentences
- "[…] an LM is a system for haphazardly stitching together sequences of linguistic forms it has observed in its vast training data, according to probabilistic information about how they combine, but without any reference to meaning: a stochastic parrot."
- "i am a stochastic parrot, and so r u"
- "This list barely begins to capture the past three years—the enthusiasm for these machines, as well as the loathing and anxiety they inspire. Depending on a person’s view, one might see these models as a useful tool; others as “stochastic parrots” or fancy autocorrect; and others still as catalysts for a fearsome alien intelligence."
Etymology
Coined by American linguist Emily M. Bender in 2021 as a reminder of the limitations of language models, see quotations.