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> Imagine someone who has read thousands of books, but doesn’t remember where they read what. That sound like me! Well I probably read only a hundred, but I al
by gus_massa 1y ago
> Imagine someone who has read thousands of books, but doesn’t remember where they read what.
That sound like me! Well I probably read only a hundred, but I also mostly forgot the sources. I can halucinate a source, like "there is (probably) a Schaum book about that".
- delis-thumbs-7e 1y agoYou mean I should not use ”But gus_massa on HN said that!” as a final authority on every subject anymore?
- gus_massa 1y agoYou still can cite me as a final authority on every subject [1]. But when I'm in doubt, I try to make that clear. Also, in many cases I link to Wikipedia or somewhere I consider serious. (tokenadult used to add many good references for his posts, it's a pity he is not coming so often here.) [1] Don't worry. I'm always right. See [1].
- parpfish 1y agobut the thing is... this is just how learning works in general. As you learn facts, the source evaporates away as the content is integrated with the rest of your knowledge. once upon a time somebody told you (or you read) "Paris is the capital of France". For some period, you'd have a distinct episodic memory of the time and place for how you learned this fact. But as time passes, that episodic memory fades and eventually you're just left with the content "Paris is the capital of France" without the original source.
- rezonant 1y agoYes but if someone asks me for a source that Paris is the capital of France, I will go find a legitimate source for that information to include in my response, not hallucinate a source and steadfastly claim it is real. AIs not remembering the source for the original fact is not the problem, the problem is that asking them to make sure their claims are supported by sources does not preclude them from making up the sources themselves.