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Hallucinating a book

2024-11-14 22:20:46.141119+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Ask MeFi thread about ChatGPT hallucinating a book in answer to a question (with various commentary about it getting it right in other circumstances, and pros and cons of the approach)

I'm reminded of a BBS discussion in the pre-Internet days, where a participant created a fake citation out of a slightly plausible author and some other kinda plausible details, and it took several others (including me) a bit of time to conclude that it was, in fact, bogus.

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