References

On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots

Emily M. Bender, Timnit Gebru, Angelina McMillan-Major, & Shmargaret Shmitchell (2021)

Proceedings of the 2021 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency, 610-623.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3442188.3445922

Abstract. An influential critique of very large language models, arguing that they amplify harmful biases, incur unsustainable environmental costs, and create the illusion of understanding without genuine comprehension, hence the 'stochastic parrots' metaphor.

Tags: ethics language-models bias

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