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!
I've simply called it "lies" forever.
The argument always is the same - it can't be lies, it's just wrong.
Well then, it can't be a hallucination. If we're going to pretend it's intelligent, and it tells me things that aren't true *with confidence and assurance* - that's a lie.
(In reality, now, when using it for code assist, I just call it stupid. Nobody argues about that.)
Catherynne M. Valente
Tom Bortels