Whenever I see this I have to chuckle. Humans do this all the time, whip stuff up as they go, lie, pretend. The AI can only do what it has learned from us people. So it lies, makes stuff up and pretends. Why is this so surprising?
I prefer the term “confabulation” to “lying”, both because it’s more accurate and it’s more fun to say. Confabulation is when you don’t know that you’re lying, it’s just your dumb brain coming up with stuff that turns out not to be real. Like if you’re asked “are there any red cars parked on the street in the neighborhood where you live?” Your brain hears “I want a memory of a red car parked on the street” and it helpfully delivers exactly that.
I think it’s just humorous. AI chat models have no capacity to understand the subject matter, it’s job is simply to regurgitate it’s findings on request. Naturally, it’s a bad liar.
Whenever I see this I have to chuckle. Humans do this all the time, whip stuff up as they go, lie, pretend. The AI can only do what it has learned from us people. So it lies, makes stuff up and pretends. Why is this so surprising?
I prefer the term “confabulation” to “lying”, both because it’s more accurate and it’s more fun to say. Confabulation is when you don’t know that you’re lying, it’s just your dumb brain coming up with stuff that turns out not to be real. Like if you’re asked “are there any red cars parked on the street in the neighborhood where you live?” Your brain hears “I want a memory of a red car parked on the street” and it helpfully delivers exactly that.
I think it’s just humorous. AI chat models have no capacity to understand the subject matter, it’s job is simply to regurgitate it’s findings on request. Naturally, it’s a bad liar.