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0 pointsstarfallg2y ago0 comments

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.

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Sometimes it helps when the audience gets the meaning of a word. Confabulation is not really popular among non-native english speakers, I am sure.

qup2y ago

It's also not popular among native English speakers, I can assure you.

digging2y ago

I 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.

moomoo30002y ago

I think the horse had left the barn on this one.

nborwankar2y ago

“Confidently presented bullshit” is probably much more accurate. Added benefit no new vocabulary terms :-)

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