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The more accurate word would be confabulation
by alkyon 1y ago
The more accurate word would be confabulation
- Wowfunhappy 1y agoYou lost this battle, sorry. It's not going to happen. 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.
- peterashford 1y agoCorrect. This is the way language works. It's annoying when you know what words mean but this is the way it is.
- alkyon 1y agoMaybe 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.
- Wowfunhappy 1y ago> 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.
- alkyon 1y agoAll of these examples are many centuries old, let's compare apples to apples.
- alkyon 1y agoObviously, hallucination is by definition a perception, so it incorrectly anthropomorphizes AI models. On the other hand, the term confabulation involves filling in gaps with fabrication, exactly what LLMs do (aka bullshitting).