Why “Hallucinations” is being discussed
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You're skipping any causal connection between the "as greater and greater" and "anybody would be motivated" parts. What is it in "excessive generative AI output" that "devalues…
by TeMPOraL · Sep 18, 2026
Modern agent harnesses rely heavily on tools, as well as writing code, to avoid hallucinations affecting deterministic values.
by antonvs · Sep 18, 2026
Lawyer here. I used to trust Claude as hallucinations are near non-existent now. However for large volume tasks such as due diligence exercises, they still happen. We also tried…
by terminalcommand · Sep 18, 2026
Hallucinations when it comes to air traffic are going to be just swell.
by StanislavPetrov · Sep 18, 2026
Congrats on the launch! I'm glad more progress is being made in this area. Because of the hallucinations inherent in transformer models, I went looking for a transducer-based mo…
by Redster · Sep 17, 2026
So is there other “lawslop” or is it just hallucinations in this context?
by williamcotton · Sep 17, 2026
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Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "hallucinations" over time.
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Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "hallucinations" over time.
A hallucination is a perception in the absence of an external context stimulus that has the compelling sense of reality. They are distinguishable from several related phenomena, such as dreaming, which does not involve wakefulness; pseudohallucination, which does not mimic real perception, and is accurately perceived as unreal; illusion, which involves distorted or misinterpreted real perception; and mental imagery, which does not mimic real perception, and is under voluntary control. Hallucinations also differ from "delusional perceptions", in which a correctly sensed and interpreted stimulus is given some additional significance. Read more on Wikipedia