George Butler
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But today, James, we're going...
Back to the future, as the iconic 80s movie is going to explain hallucinations.
So picture this.
The DeLorean has just screeched into the parking lot in a blaze of smoke.
Doc Brown, played by George Butler, jumps out frantically, holding papers, whilst Marty McFly, aka James Chandler, looks alarmed.
Doc, what the hell happened?
Great Scott!
The AI!
It's hallucinating!
Hallucinating?
Like seeing stuff?
Not exactly, Marty.
In AI, a hallucination is where the model confidently gives false information, as if it were true.
So it lies?
No, no.
It's worse than lying.
A liar knows the truth.
The AI is just predicting likely words, and sometimes it generates complete nonsense that sounds convincing.
Right.
Say you ask an AI for a fact instead of saying, I don't know.