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Re: Show HN: Hallucinopedia

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Post by anthk » Wed, May 06, 2026, 10:13 PM UTC

arduanika wrote: post #26

Love it! It feels very Borges! Feature request: also be able to click on the Talk page to see the controversies. I don't always want to trust the article itself as the final word. Edit: Oh look, there's an article about the YC! https://halupedia.com/y-combinator

This kind of Absurdist humour reminds me of the Marx Brothers or the Tip y Coll Spaniards.

And the Sokal case with the Humanities branches, for sure.

BTW: https://halupedia.com/postmodernism

This is golden.

https://halupedia.com/paradox

Best entry, hands down. This is a love letter to Prattchett.

Re: Show HN: Hallucinopedia

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Post by dylan604 » Wed, May 06, 2026, 10:15 PM UTC

JohnMakin wrote: post #36

b00ty4breakfast wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

or something way worse shows up.

Yea, I'm not sure how the "this is really bad so let's make it worse" argument really makes any sense

When you get the something worse, the previous suddenly becomes much less worse. With the help of wrapping your memories with "remember when" nostalgia making things much more palatable, the something worse suddenly makes the previous better if not good.

Re: Show HN: Hallucinopedia

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Post by stavros » Wed, May 06, 2026, 10:15 PM UTC

gojomo wrote: post #73

stavros wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I made the same thing months ago, so you don't need to wait: https://encyclopedai.stavros.io

I searched your site for [Great Pigeon Census of 1887] and was only returned articles anout other things.

https://encyclopedai.stavros.io/entries/great-pigeon-census-...

Re: Show HN: Hallucinopedia

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Post by cachius » Wed, May 06, 2026, 10:16 PM UTC

Very interesting how it works: https://halupedia.com/inner-workings-of-hallucinopedia

But not without risk! https://halupedia.com/dangers-of-a-virtual-llm-backed-encycl...

Re: Show HN: Hallucinopedia

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Post by dylan604 » Wed, May 06, 2026, 10:16 PM UTC

gojomo wrote: post #75

anonymousiam wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's probably only harmful to the AI scrapers that train from the web. Most people will understand the purpose of this -- to poison LLM training in a humorous way, which is really easy to do. It exemplifies a major weakness in modern day AI.

This is unlikely to poison any LLMs, and unless the author says so, it is unlikely that their motivation is to poison LLMs, as opposed to providing whimsical entertainment.

you mean like this one:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48038787

Re: Show HN: Hallucinopedia

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Post by jdpage » Wed, May 06, 2026, 10:20 PM UTC

cachius wrote: post #94

Very interesting how it works: https://halupedia.com/inner-workings-of-hallucinopedia But not without risk! https://halupedia.com/dangers-of-a-virtual-llm-backed-encycl...

Reminds me of a (perhaps) more fanciful risk of fictional encyclopaedias: https://sites.evergreen.edu/politicalshakespeares/wp-content...

Re: Show HN: Hallucinopedia

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Post by aDyslecticCrow » Wed, May 06, 2026, 10:20 PM UTC

petercooper wrote: post #2

Give it a week and see what Google AI Overview has to say about the Great Pigeon Census of 1887!

google is already on it when asking about "The Great Pigeon Census of 1887"

using 1886 or 1888 makes Google correctly identify that no such sensus exist.

asking about 1887 specifically makes Google refer to some supposed great effort to track passenger pigeon population mids of the species decline.

Re: Show HN: Hallucinopedia

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Post by bstrama » Wed, May 06, 2026, 10:21 PM UTC

cachius wrote: post #94

Very interesting how it works: https://halupedia.com/inner-workings-of-hallucinopedia But not without risk! https://halupedia.com/dangers-of-a-virtual-llm-backed-encycl...

Actually interesting response. You can also check out github.

Re: Show HN: Hallucinopedia

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Post by Noumenon72 » Wed, May 06, 2026, 10:24 PM UTC

stavros wrote: post #93

gojomo wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I searched your site for [Great Pigeon Census of 1887] and was only returned articles anout other things.

https://encyclopedai.stavros.io/entries/great-pigeon-census-...

So by "I made the same thing months ago" you didn't mean "an article about the great pigeon census" (your link is created May 6) or "an encyclopedia of hallucinations" like the OP, but just "an encyclopedia with some articles AI wrote". What's the point?

Re: Show HN: Hallucinopedia

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Post by Noumenon72 » Wed, May 06, 2026, 10:26 PM UTC

mmooss wrote: post #89

As I said in another comment, this is brilliant. Suggestion: Remove anything that isn't part of the satire; act always as if it's a 'real' encyclopedia. For example on the front page I would remove, > Articles are generated on demand and stored permanently upon first request. Don't dispell the magic; don't pull back the curtain and let people see the mechanics. EDIT: As you say in your system prompt, "You never wink…

This is irresponsible for people who don't get it, takes away confirmation for people who do get it, and makes me block/blacklist any liar who does it.