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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

William Pounstone, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, explains why AI lies. Given all the who shot john about AI, it is a valuable read. A nugget:

Why do LLMs (Large Language Models–ed.) often spin convincing but bogus answers (a.k.a. “hallucinations”)? The short answer is that LLMs have no innate conception of truth or falsehood.

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And, in more news of the not as smart as they think they are . . . .

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