▲ 134 ▼ Oops! We Automated Bullshit. | Department of Computer Science and Technology (www.cst.cam.ac.uk) submitted 2 years ago by Masimatutu@mander.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.ml 52 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) The only issue I have there is that it isn't as widely known and understood. Also if you say someone is confabulating, it means they don't realize that they are bullshitting, whereas language models are literally designed to bullshit in this manner. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Confabulation An informal conversation (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered Like there's no perfect analogy but I am partial to this characterization, I dunno. Discuss aha Edit: I really hope I'm not the originator of this, don't need that in my life right now. It just seems to fit better imao permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) I know what it means. For me it also implies an attempt at saying something which is true, even if simply interpolating from other facts. It doesn't fully reflect the total indifference to reality that is exhibited by language models permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Confabulation An informal conversation (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered Like there's no perfect analogy but I am partial to this characterization, I dunno. Discuss aha Edit: I really hope I'm not the originator of this, don't need that in my life right now. It just seems to fit better imao permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) I know what it means. For me it also implies an attempt at saying something which is true, even if simply interpolating from other facts. It doesn't fully reflect the total indifference to reality that is exhibited by language models permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) I know what it means. For me it also implies an attempt at saying something which is true, even if simply interpolating from other facts. It doesn't fully reflect the total indifference to reality that is exhibited by language models permalink fedilink source parent