The use of “hallucinate” is a stroke of true evil genius in the AI world.

In ANY other context we’d just call them errors & the fail rate would be crystal clear.

Instead, “hallucinate” implies genuine sentience & the *absence* of real error.

Aw, this software isn’t shit! Boo’s just dreaming!

@Catvalente Confabulation is a better term. We're the ones hallucinating here, hallucinating that there is any "thinking" going on.

@shanecelis @Catvalente
Confabulation has an existing technical meaning relating to creating false memories in response to brain damage or dementia. I don't think we want to use that to describe AI "hallucinations". I would call them "fabrications" or just "bullshit".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confabulation

Confabulation - Wikipedia