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highplainsdem

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4. This isn't GIGO. GenAI models will hallucinate no matter how perfect the training data is. Those bots

Reply to twodogsbarking (Reply #3)

Tue May 19, 2026, 01:06 PM

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didn't find the fake quotes or fake citations for real quotes - they invented them.

And chatbots can do that at any time, in any way. Nothing they spit out can be trusted without being checked, unless the user is already expert on the subject, in which case they didn't need to ask AI.

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Book on Truth in the Age of A.I. Contains Quotes Made Up by A.I. [View all] highplainsdem Tuesday OP

Remember when space alien robots were stupid? GreenWave Tuesday #1

Perhaps it should have been spelled dweller Tuesday #2

I believe this was coined some time ago. Garbage in, garbage out. twodogsbarking Tuesday #3

This isn't GIGO. GenAI models will hallucinate no matter how perfect the training data is. Those bots highplainsdem Tuesday #4

Nothing in, garbage out. How dat? twodogsbarking Tuesday #5

Journalist Gil Duran on this story: highplainsdem Tuesday #6