Comment on Researchers describe how to tell if ChatGPT is confabulatingparentComments−williamcotton2yThere’s also the position that a definition of confabulate…To fill in gaps in one's memory with fabrications that one believes to be facts.…is much more accurate.Since we’re talking about a technical process it helps to be more precise in our use of language.−joquarky2yI like to think that it's always confabulating.It's just that usually the words it generates are accurate enough for my needs.−DougN72yIf it can’t hallucinate, can it “believe”? I think all the pedantry is silly.
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There’s also the position that a definition of confabulate…
To fill in gaps in one's memory with fabrications that one believes to be facts.
…is much more accurate.
Since we’re talking about a technical process it helps to be more precise in our use of language.
I like to think that it's always confabulating.
It's just that usually the words it generates are accurate enough for my needs.
If it can’t hallucinate, can it “believe”? I think all the pedantry is silly.