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Re:Google DeepMind CEO Says Some Form of AGI Possible in a F... by 23B1 on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @06:12AM (#35800335)
What would you recommend calling them? Genuinely curious.
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Re:Google DeepMind CEO Says Some Form of AGI Possible in a F... by pmoriarty on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @06:19AM (#35800389)
Mistakes.
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Re:Google DeepMind CEO Says Some Form of AGI Possible in a F... by a13o on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @06:59AM (#35800763)
When humans do it we call them bullshitters.

But I agree with GP's eager-anthropomorphization complaint. When algorithms produce verifiably wrong output we call them errors.

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Re:Google DeepMind CEO Says Some Form of AGI Possible in a F... by jebarker on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @08:57AM (#35801846)
According to Geoff Hinton the correct term from human psychology is "confabulations".

Hallucinations are a mistake in perception.

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