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Catherynne M. Valente Apr 9

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!

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Dodo

@Catvalente users, and I mean the huge majority in the computerized world who are only using, believe that this thing is cleverer then them. Including managers. And they think it saves time and brings money. The holey grale.
And all discussions here in the nerd bubble how to name it are absolutely useless. The cat is out of the box. It should have never been let out.