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by xpe 257 days ago
> I'm in the stochastic parrot camp.

If you wouldn't mind doing me a favor?... For a few minutes, can we avoid this phrase? I don't know what people really mean by it.* Can you in plain English translate your view into sentence of theses form:

1. "Based on my understanding of LLMs, X1 and X2 are impossible."

2. "This leads to predictions such as P1 and P2."

3. "If I observed X3 or X4, it would challenge my current beliefs of LLMs."

* I've read the original stochastic parrots paper. In my view, the paper does not match how many people talk about it. Quite the opposite. It is likely many people name drop it but haven't read it carefully. I may have some misinterpretations, sure, but at least I'm actively seeking to question them.