“when a large language model produces false information, it’s referred to as a “hallucination.” He prefers “confabulation.” Hallucination implies not only the presence of an inner mind, but the capacity of that mind to have sensory experiences. Confabulation, on the other hand, happens when a person unknowingly falsifies information to gloss over a gap in their memory. It’s still a metaphor, but a far better one for how current AI works” —says Ted Chiang https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/6308990/ted-chiang/

#LLM #TedChiang #AI

#inktober2023 DAY 8: TOAD

#BigTech is the big fat toad that lets its tongue fly out as soon as someone other dares to fly itself.

> "#Google has a lot of anxiety because they know in their hearts that it’s all a performance — that what they’ve got is access to the capital markets, not geniuses."

— Cory Doctorow @pluralistic

https://jacobin.com/2023/05/cory-doctorow-big-tech-internet-monopoly-capitalism-artificial-intelligence-crypto/

#inktober