# stochastic parrot

> metaphor to describe the theory that large language models, though able to generate plausible language, do not understand the meaning of the language they process

**Wikidata**: [Q122663230](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122663230)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_parrot)  
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