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 yes! So much BS.

You may appreciate this: https://berryvilleiml.com/blog/

See esp the Anthropic entries