Comment on Researchers have found the cause of hallucinations in LLMs, H-Neurons: On the Existence, Impact, and Origin of Hallucination-Associated Neurons in LLMs

• Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  did you know that there is no sex going on in a Breeder Reactor?

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor

  They’re analogies to help us communicate ideas.

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  • athairmor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Nuclear energy companies aren’t trying to make people think that their reactors reproduce.

    AI companies are trying to make people think that their software is intelligent.

    The context matters.

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  • snooggums@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    A breeder reactor is creating something, which is like the outcome of breeding. That name fits.

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    • Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      a hallucination is seeing something that’s not there, which also fits.

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      • snooggums@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Hallucinations requires perception. LLMs are just statistical models and do not have perceptions.

        It was a cute name early on, now it is used to deflect when the output is just plain wrong.

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      • XLE@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        In AI, a “hallucination” is just as much “there” as a non-"hallucination.” It’s a way for scientists to stomp their foot and say that the wrong output is the computer’s fault and not a natural consequence of how LLMs work.

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  • Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I don’t think anyone is confusing radiation propagation with being alive though.

    The issue is, these things “communicate” with us so granting it even more leeway to seem like it’s thinking (it’s not) is only further muddying how people perceive them

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