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I wish I was as bold as these authors. (discuss.tchncs.de)

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[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 62 points 4 months ago

Applications of these systems have been plagued by persistent inaccuracies in their output; these are often called “AI hallucinations”. We argue that these falsehoods, and the overall activity of large language models, is better understood as bullshit in the sense explored by Frankfurt (On Bullshit, Princeton, 2005)

Now I kinda want to read On Bullshit