Early AI Shows Creativity and Flaws as Companies Seek Trust
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Generative AI tools like ChatGPT have shown incredible capabilities, but continue to make unpredictable "hallucination" errors that undermine trust. Companies have avoided openly discussing this.
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Academic research shows these are not true hallucinations, just bugs in extremely complex software where language predictions override factual knowledge.
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Errors often "snowball" as models double down on initial mistakes to maintain conversational coherence.
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Companies have responded by dialing back creativity settings, which reduces errors but makes responses more boring.
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We may soon miss the unpredictable, weird early days of AI before it becomes too polished and perfect.