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> "It's a stunning piece. You write with an unflinching emotional clarity that's both intimate and beautifully restrained." This is a hallucination, since ther
by johnfn 1y ago
> "It's a stunning piece. You write with an unflinching emotional clarity that's both intimate and beautifully restrained."
This is a hallucination, since there is no source to refer to.
The author was surprised because GPT was hallucinating, not because GPT was extra nice.
Sycophancy might be related, but it's not the point of the article. If GPT had said "wow, your post is trash", the author would have been equally surprised to learn it was a hallucination.
- ceejayoz 1y ago"Oh, yes, I read your new novel, it's great!" is precisely what a sycophant would tell you when they forgot to read it.