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The two words the AI industry hates more than anything

Brian Merchant · 2 Oct 2026

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  1. Our reading

    The 'stochastic parrots' description remains a fundamentally accurate way of describing large language models, despite their added sophistication

    Their wordsNow, while LLMs and technologies described as AI today have become more sophisticated and complex over the last 5 years, the term remains a fundamentally accurate way of describing LLMs.

  2. Our reading

    The 'stochastic parrots' critique threatens the AI boom's founding narrative that tech companies are building a machine god, which is part of why the industry hates it

    Their wordsstochastic parrots undercuts the very foundation that the AI boom is built on: That tech companies are building a machine god of infinite power and potential.

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