I think the stochastic parrot criticism is a bit unfair.
It is, in a way, technically true that LLMs are stochastic parrots, but this undersells their capabilities (winning gold on the international math olympiad, and all that).
It's like saying that human brains are "just a pile of neurons", which is technically true, but not useful for conveying the impressive general intelligence and power of the human brain.
I think the stochastic parrot criticism is a bit unfair.
It is, in a way, technically true that LLMs are stochastic parrots, but this undersells their capabilities (winning gold on the international math olympiad, and all that).
It's like saying that human brains are "just a pile of neurons", which is technically true, but not useful for conveying the impressive general intelligence and power of the human brain.
Yeah ChatGPT says they really hate that!
Nice one