Phrase guide

stochastic parrot

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory

Qualifier: machine learning

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History

Etymology

Coined by American linguist Emily M. Bender in 2021 as a reminder of the limitations of language models, see quotations.