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		joker_minmax on July 28, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft's AI shopping announcement contains hall... Hinton called them "confabulations" according to this: https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/05/02/1072528/geoffrey...

unqueued on July 28, 2023 [–]

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.

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