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The neurological term for it is "Confabulation", which is a lot better than "Hallucination" as used in AI. Confabulation is the unintended generation of false
by starfallg 3y ago
The neurological term for it is "Confabulation", which is a lot better than "Hallucination" as used in AI.
Confabulation is the unintended generation of false memories.
Hallucination is false perception.
Clearly, the phenomenon we are seeing with LLM researchers call Hallucination better fits Confabulation.
- moomoo3000 3y agoI think the horse had left the barn on this one.
- szundi 3y agoSometimes it helps when the audience gets the meaning of a word. Confabulation is not really popular among non-native english speakers, I am sure.
- qup 3y agoIt's also not popular among native English speakers, I can assure you.
- digging 3y agoI don't actually think either term is more precise than the other when we're talking about LLMs, which aren't human brains. It doesn't have either memory or perception in a way that we do.
- nborwankar 3y ago“Confidently presented bullshit” is probably much more accurate. Added benefit no new vocabulary terms :-)