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Re: Google hallucinated that I am sponsored by Ground News

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Post by unleaded »

rgoulter wrote: post #3

I recalled Google says "AI can make mistakes, so double-check responses", and wondered why it wasn't in the screenshot. I see it's because you need to click the "show more"/expand button to see that disclaimer. -- Seems silly design to hide the disclaimer like that.

What a stupid disclaimer. "we have spent billions developing this technology and marketing it as smarter than 99% of humans, we put it at the top of nearly every search page, but it's all just for funsies. you're not actually supposed to use it, duh"

Re: Google hallucinated that I am sponsored by Ground News

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Post by voakbasda »

PashaGo wrote: post #24

Wait until LLMs is used for medical diagnoses or court decisions.

I would wager it is being used for such things, but those users have managed to mask their activities. Give it a little more time, and we will find the bad actors that have been using them recklessly since their release.

Re: Google hallucinated that I am sponsored by Ground News

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Post by hk__2 »

laszlojamf wrote: post #2

I mean... I get it. It's annoying. But the outrage is getting old. LLMs hallucinate. It's an unfixable problem. We're going to have to get used to it. In all fairness, fake reviews and just people lying on the internet has always been a thing. The fact that gemini once in a while gets something wrong is just not very upsetting anymore IMO.

The outrage is not that LLMs hallucinate; it’s that a search engine presents you with a response to your query that contains wrong information, and hides in a small, hidden-by-default menu that it’s LLM-generated.

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Post by SpicyLemonZest »

d4ng wrote: post #6

Why are LLM mistakes said to be hallucinations and not simply mistakes?

A hallucination is a specific kind of mistake. There are also other kinds of mistakes LLMs can make; for example, they can draw incorrect conclusions from accurate information, or they can fail to find information that they "should" know.

Re: Google hallucinated that I am sponsored by Ground News

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Post by d4ng »

wccrawford wrote: post #20
d4ng wrote: post #6

Why are LLM mistakes said to be hallucinations and not simply mistakes?

Because LLMs don't think, and a mistake implies logic. "Hallucination" is an attempt to differentiate the problem and further emphasize its lack of basis in reality.

Words are inexact abstractions, and meanings change over time. If they can't think, how can they even hallucinate? Remember the old definition of "computer", and how its usage shifted from humans to man-made machines. I just think that "mistake" is a better analogy than "hallucination": It gives a result that does not concur with our shared experience of reality, like shifting signs on a maths exam. The human shifting sign is most probably not hallucinating. The human is making a mistake.

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Post by [deleted] »

IshKebab wrote: post #22
d4ng wrote: post #6

Why are LLM mistakes said to be hallucinations and not simply mistakes?

I believe the word comes from when people started using CNN models in reverse, so hallucinate input that never existed. LLM output is produced via a vaguely similar process. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeepDream But in any case, they aren't mistakes. LLMs are not trained to produce true output; they are trained to produce likely output. "Likely" happens to overlap with "true" a lot, but not always. If you ask Claud…

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Re: Google hallucinated that I am sponsored by Ground News

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Post by fartcoin67 »

wccrawford wrote: post #20
d4ng wrote: post #6

Why are LLM mistakes said to be hallucinations and not simply mistakes?

Because LLMs don't think, and a mistake implies logic. "Hallucination" is an attempt to differentiate the problem and further emphasize its lack of basis in reality.

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Re: Google hallucinated that I am sponsored by Ground News

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Post by mDyJzDPmBdG »

myaccountonhn wrote: post #10
laszlojamf wrote: post #2

I mean... I get it. It's annoying. But the outrage is getting old. LLMs hallucinate. It's an unfixable problem. We're going to have to get used to it. In all fairness, fake reviews and just people lying on the internet has always been a thing. The fact that gemini once in a while gets something wrong is just not very upsetting anymore IMO.

Why let the companies get away with spreading flat out lies? Let's hold them accountable.

We weren't even able to hold Google (and Meta) responsible for publish ads for scammers. It looks like clear accessory in crime to me but I am just a layman.

Re: Google hallucinated that I am sponsored by Ground News

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Post by fragmede »

redrix wrote: post #30
delichon wrote: post #5

I read that Rossmann also operates a black market maple syrup smuggling operation. In his spare time, he gives lectures on ancient Egyptian history while knitting sweaters. After releasing his multi-platinum country album, he traveled to New Zealand to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. This info is endorsed by @rossmanngroup and hosted on YouTube so seems legit.

I read the same thing! As someone that has followed Rossmann for years now, I am beyond disappointed that he would do something like this. I could understand if it was drug smuggling, but maple syrup? That crossed the line for me. I hope Louis can pull himself together and come back from this.

Same. It was the controversy surrounding the hotdog eating contest that he blatantly stole by adding hot sauce, to the other competitors hot dogs that did it for me.
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