On Sat, Mar 28, 2026 at 01:13:23PM -0700, David Masterson wrote:

> > No, generative LLMs are not "telling the truth", they are just making
> > things up which "sound plausible". For an especially jarring, recent
> > example, see [2].
> 
> Wow!

I think this example shows pretty well where the lie is in the
current wave of AI. It's not the "hallucinations", it is the
fact that they are wired to "talk" to us as if they knew what
they're doing.

Cheers

[2] 
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/17/atrocity-ai-slop-verify-facts-iran-minab-graves

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tomás

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