In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits.
It’s unfortunate that the word “hallucination” even got associated with LLMs in the first place… Hallucination refers to an erroneous perception. These chatbots don’t even have the capacity to perceive, let alone make errors. They have no senses, no awareness, no intentions, nothing. It’s just an inanimate machine crunching through a complex formula. Any resemblance to reality is purely coincidental.
It’s unfortunate that the word “hallucination” even got associated with LLMs in the first place… Hallucination refers to an erroneous perception. These chatbots don’t even have the capacity to perceive, let alone make errors. They have no senses, no awareness, no intentions, nothing. It’s just an inanimate machine crunching through a complex formula. Any resemblance to reality is purely coincidental.