The use of the term "hallucination" for LLMs is very deceptive, as it implies th...

		pcrh 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tracing the thoughts of a large language model The use of the term "hallucination" for LLMs is very deceptive, as it implies that there is a "mind". In ordinary terms, "hallucinations" by a machine would simply be described as the machine being useless, or not fit for purpose. For example, if a simple calculator (or even a person) returned the value "5" for 2+2= , you wouldn't describe it as "hallucinating" the answer....

"Hallucination" happened because we got AI images before AI text, but "confabulation" is a better term.