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minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoThe 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.
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 years ago 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
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.
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