Stop calling them hallucinations. If we're going to anthropomorphize AIs, let's just call it bullshitting and lies. If we're not going to anthropomorphize AIs, then we need a different term
Then tell us what we should call these manifestations... It's say to say stop calling it X, but then what are we supposed to call them?
Microsoft's AI shopping announcement contains hallucinations in the demo
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Re: Microsoft's AI shopping announcement contains hallucinations in the demo
#12Re: Microsoft's AI shopping announcement contains hallucinations in the demo
#13Stop calling them hallucinations. If we're going to anthropomorphize AIs, let's just call it bullshitting and lies. If we're not going to anthropomorphize AIs, then we need a different term
To be fair, if we are going to anthropomorphize it, bullshit and lies implies some sort of negative intent that I’m not sure the models have. Bullshit is probably the closest, as people will bullshit for all sorts of reasons, but hallucinations is at least intent-neutral, which I think is the point.
Re: Microsoft's AI shopping announcement contains hallucinations in the demo
#14Stop calling them hallucinations. If we're going to anthropomorphize AIs, let's just call it bullshitting and lies. If we're not going to anthropomorphize AIs, then we need a different term
Then tell us what we should call these manifestations... It's say to say stop calling it X, but then what are we supposed to call them?
It fits better than the alternatives I've seen proposed.
Re: Microsoft's AI shopping announcement contains hallucinations in the demo
#15Stop calling them hallucinations. If we're going to anthropomorphize AIs, let's just call it bullshitting and lies. If we're not going to anthropomorphize AIs, then we need a different term
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#16Is it just me or does everyone trust AI opinions less and less ? Every time I ask it to find top 5 of something, I go and double check myself and almost always find it to be wrong. For example try searching for top 5 restaurants around me in bard. Some of them dont even exist lol and some are just random if you cross verify with actual popularity from yelp etc.
Re: Microsoft's AI shopping announcement contains hallucinations in the demo
#17Stop calling them hallucinations. If we're going to anthropomorphize AIs, let's just call it bullshitting and lies. If we're not going to anthropomorphize AIs, then we need a different term
It’s the adopted term. I don’t see why it HAS to be the absolute exact closest possible term to what it would be in a human or something. It feels a bit like saying “stop calling it e-mail! It’s got nothing to do with real mail!”
Re: Microsoft's AI shopping announcement contains hallucinations in the demo
#18Stop calling them hallucinations. If we're going to anthropomorphize AIs, let's just call it bullshitting and lies. If we're not going to anthropomorphize AIs, then we need a different term
There is no motive for truth, just the most likely output, even if the likeliness is low.
Re: Microsoft's AI shopping announcement contains hallucinations in the demo
#19Stop calling them hallucinations. If we're going to anthropomorphize AIs, let's just call it bullshitting and lies. If we're not going to anthropomorphize AIs, then we need a different term
To be fair, if we are going to anthropomorphize it, bullshit and lies implies some sort of negative intent that I’m not sure the models have. Bullshit is probably the closest, as people will bullshit for all sorts of reasons, but hallucinations is at least intent-neutral, which I think is the point.
Take for example climate change deniers; apart from the corporations and the politicians that abuse scepticism to maintain their power and wealth, many of the most fervent deniers truly believe the nonsense they're saying.
Perhaps a more neutral term like "falsehoods" is applicable here.
Re: Microsoft's AI shopping announcement contains hallucinations in the demo
#20Stop calling them hallucinations. If we're going to anthropomorphize AIs, let's just call it bullshitting and lies. If we're not going to anthropomorphize AIs, then we need a different term
Then tell us what we should call these manifestations... It's say to say stop calling it X, but then what are we supposed to call them?