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Shameless Guesses, Not Hallucinations

Astral Codex Ten Podcast by Jeremiah Prophet

Apr 17, 202606:41Technology

I hate the term "hallucinations" for when AIs say false things. It's perfectly calculated to mislead the reader - to make them think AIs are crazy, or maybe just have incomprehensible failure modes. AIs say false things...

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Shameless Guesses, Not Hallucinations is an episode from Astral Codex Ten Podcast by Jeremiah Prophet. I hate the term "hallucinations" for when AIs say false things. It's perfectly calculated to mislead the reader - to make them think AIs...

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