Subj : Re: ChatGPT Writing
To   : jimmylogan
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri Dec 26 2025 05:40 pm

  Re: Re: ChatGPT Writing
  By: jimmylogan to Nightfox on Fri Dec 26 2025 05:08 pm

 Ni>> For AI, "hallucination" is the term used for AI providing false
 Ni>> information and sometimes making things up - as in the link I provided

 ji> :-) Okay - then I'm saying that in MY opinion, it's a bad word to use.
 ji> Hallucination in a human is when you THINK you see or hear something that
 ji> isn't there. Using the same word for an AI giving false information is
 ji> misleading.

 ji> So I concede it's the word that is used, but I don't like the use of it.
 ji> :-)

Yeah, it's just the word they decided to use for that with AI.  Although it may sound a little weird with AI, I accept it and I know what it means.  There are other terms used for other things that I think are worse. :)

 ji> Sorry - didn't mean to demand anything. I just meant the fact that someone
 ji> says it gave false info doesn't mean it will ALWAYS give false info. The
 ji> burdon is still on the user to verify output.

Yeah, that's definitely the case.  And that's true about it not always giving false info.  From what I understand, AI tends to be non-deterministic in that it won't always give the same output even with the same question asked multiple times.

Nightfox

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