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Is My Toddler a Stochastic Parrot?

The world is racing to develop ever more sophisticated large language models while a small language model unfurls itself in my home.

By Angie Wang
The interior of a home with a plant.
A TV screen in a living room.
A carpeted living room with baby toys.
A mother scrolls through her phone while sitting next to a toddler playing with blocks.
A living room and an entryway.
A mother helps a child put on shoes.
A mother and child go outside.
A mother and child hold hands as they walk out of their home.
Lush plants and greenery by stairs leading out of a home.
A pigeon sitting on a power line.
A mother and child walk along a path, looking at a pigeon and a fire hydrant.
A child points at a fire hydrant.
A house with plants outside.
A mother waves and says, “Good morning!”
A neighbor holds a dripping hose.
Water drips from a hose.
A puddle of water.
A mother and child encounter a neighbor with a dog.
A dog wagging its tail.
A child finds a leaf while walking on a path with their mother.
A child climbs a wall while holding a leaf.
A mother and child on a path surrounded by plants and trees.
A mother holds a child in her arms, and the child waves his hand.
A mother and child walking on path.
A mother takes a photo of a child sitting on a rock.
A mother and child walking along a path.
A mother looking at a photo on her phone.
A mother running after her child.
A child running and flapping his arms like a bird.
A mother rushing toward a child, who is hanging onto a cliff's edge.
A child holds on to the edge of a cliff, their legs shaking.
A cliff crumbles, causing a mother and child to plunge downward.
A woman floating downward, head first.
A child and mother floating downward.
A child and mother hug while floating downward.
A child and mother falling down.
A child and mother falling down while hugging.
A mother and child falling downward.
A child and mother falling down while hugging.
A color gradient that goes from dark blue to light blue.
A child and mother falling straight down while hugging.
A blank screen.
An ocean.
A mother hugging her child while looking at the ocean.
A mother carrying a child in her arms, walking on a path surrounded by grass.
A child in a mother’s arms, with wind rustling their hair.
A mother walking with a child in her arms.
Outdoor stairs, plants, and the interior of a room.
A child flaps his arms in the entryway of a house.
A mother holding a child’s hand while walking into a living room.
A child flapping his hand.
A child at the top of a staircase sees a cat as a woman stands behind the child.
A cat waving its tail.
A mother and child in a bedroom, getting ready to sleep.
A child rubs his eye and leans on his bed.
A mother sits on a child’s bed as the child climbs into her arms.
A mother pets the back of her sleeping child.
A text panel.
A child sits on a rock while twirling a leaf in his hand.

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