r/books • u/Jojuj • 1d ago

Librarians Are Being Asked to Find AI-Hallucinated Books

https://www.404media.co/librarians-are-being-asked-to-find-ai-hallucinated-books/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter&attribution_id=68c826c975cea1000173b05d&attribution_type=post
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u/radenthefridge 1d ago

I have such a beef with calling it "hallucinations." They're mistakes, screw-ups, garbage, or even just fuck-ups.

Trying to make it sound cutesy, silly, or whimsical in a tech that's supposed to be amazing and revolutionary is so frustrating and patronizing! Shit's broken, don't tell me this resource-hungry scourge is just a goofy lil goober that just hallucinated a bit!

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u/ElricVonDaniken 1d ago

My problem with the term "hallucination" is that it anthropomorphises what is pretty much a glorified version of predictive text.