Re: Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature. What can be done?
Steve Hayes <[email protected]> Tue, 19 May 2026 02:33:59 +0200
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On Mon, 18 May 2026 14:54:41 -0400, Jonathan Lamothe <[email protected]> wrote: >John Ames <[email protected]> writes: > >> On Mon, 18 May 2026 10:46:11 -0400 >> Jonathan Lamothe <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I have never seen an actual definition if what AI *is*. >> >> That's because when you say "a program that does auto-complete using a >> large context window as an index to a *very* large reference dataset, >> but it plays dice according to the statistical likelihood of a given >> word-chain in the reference data" it starts to sound kinda silly and >> unreliable. > >I'd say that's more the definition of an LLM. The term "AI" *vastly* >predates LLMs. And is not really accurate when applied to LLMs. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk