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We have to stop ignoring AI’s hallucination problem (www.theverge.com)
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[–] machinin@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucination_(artificial_intelligence)

The term "hallucinations" originally came from computer researchers working with image producing AI systems. I think you might be hallucinating yourself 😉

[–] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

Fun part is, that article cites a paper mentioning misgivings with the terminology: AI Hallucinations: A Misnomer Worth Clarifying. So at the very least I'm not alone on this.