My problem is that in communicating that LLMs can’t be trusted by stating that they are lying we introduce a partial falsehood of our own. I agree to some exten

My problem is that in communicating that LLMs can’t be trusted by stating that they are lying we introduce a partial falsehood of our own. I agree to some extent that we need a snappy way to communicate this (and that the proposed wording I’ve given probably doesn’t get there fully yet comparative to “lying”. “Lying” definitely is a good description when analyzed through the lens of simplicity, but I hope it’s not the best we can do. Hallucinating is worse (as you noted in the article. I like the “epidemic of misunderstanding” idea, but I’m reminded of that Bezos quote about being misunderstood. Perhaps we need to apply some of that approach here. > JEFF BEZOS: Well, I would say one thing that I have learned within the first couple of years of starting the company is that in inventing and pioneering requires a willingness to be misunderstood for long periods of time. https://hbr.org/podcast/2013/01/jeff-bezos-on-leading-for-the.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+harvardbusiness+(HBR.org)&utm_content=Google+Reader https://hbr.org/podcast/2013/01/jeff-bezos-on-leading-for-th... (Also other similar quotes in other interviews)