Comment on Microsoft's AI shopping announcement contains hallucinations in the demoparentComments−joker_minmax3yHinton called them "confabulations" according to this:https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/05/02/1072528/geoffrey...−unqueued3yI think "confabulation" is a way more accurate term, I wish it had stuck instead of "hallucination".A hallucination is a problem with input. Confabulation is false output.Confabulation is when a person mistakenly recalls details and tries to "fill in the blanks", without realizing what they are saying is untrue.
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Hinton called them "confabulations" according to this:
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/05/02/1072528/geoffrey...
I think "confabulation" is a way more accurate term, I wish it had stuck instead of "hallucination".
A hallucination is a problem with input. Confabulation is false output.
Confabulation is when a person mistakenly recalls details and tries to "fill in the blanks", without realizing what they are saying is untrue.