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2026-06-06 23:14 UTC
@orionkidder@writing.exchange @grammargirl@zirk.us I think the deeper problem with “hallucination” is that it imports a human mental-state metaphor into a statistical text-generation error. That can make people expect obviously bizarre output, when the real danger is often confident, plausible-sounding falsehoods. “Confabulation” has a similar problem, though. But, I don’t know, it sounds better to me.
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@orionkidder@writing.exchange 2026-06-07 00:21
@danielmunoz@maly.io @grammargirl@zirk.us This is why I refer to its "error rate." It's a machine that produces false answers to such a large degree that it shouldn't be trusted. It's simply faulty.