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We have to stop ignoring AI’s hallucination problem (www.theverge.com)

submitted 6 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] superminerJG@lemmy.world 42 points 6 months ago (2 children)

hallucination refers to a specific bug (AI confidently BSing) rather than all bugs as a whole

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 17 points 6 months ago

Honestly, it's the most human you'll ever see it act.

It's got upper management written all over it.

[–] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee -3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

(AI confidently BSing)

Isn't it more accurate to say it's outputting incorrect information from a poorly processed prompt/query?

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 29 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No, because it's not poorly processing anything. It's not even really a bug. It's doing exactly what it's supposed to do, spit out words in the "shape" of an appropriate response to whatever was just said

[–] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

When I wrote "processing", I meant it in the sense of getting to that "shape" of an appropriate response you describe. If I'd meant this in a conscious sense I would have written, "poorly understood prompt/query", for what it's worth, but I see where you were coming from.