Re:AI hallucinations will be solvable within a year (2024)
by alkyon on Sunday August 03, 2025 @06:58PM
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Maybe I lost this battle, but also in science the terminology evolves. If you replace AI hallucination with AI confabulation even your grandmaother would get it right. I also don't agree that both terms are equally inaccurate.
Re:AI hallucinations will be solvable within a year (2024)
by Wowfunhappy on Sunday August 03, 2025 @08:41PM
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> Maybe I lost this battle, but also in science the terminology evolves.
Ah yes, science, where we have fixed stars that move, imaginary numbers that are real, and atoms that can be divided into smaller particles.
Re:AI hallucinations will be solvable within a year (2024)
by alkyon on Monday August 04, 2025 @06:31AM
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All of these examples are many centuries old, let's compare apples to apples.
Re:AI hallucinations will be solvable within a year (2024)
by peterashford on Sunday August 03, 2025 @06:36PM
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Correct. This is the way language works. It's annoying when you know what words mean but this is the way it is.
Both terms are "inaccurate" because we're talking about a computer program, not a person. However, at this point "hallucination" has been firmly cemented in public discourse. I don't work in tech, but all of my colleagues know what an AI hallucination is, as does my grandmother. It's only a matter of time until the word's alternate meaning gets added to the dictionary.