Re: Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature. What can be done?
Steve Hayes <[email protected]>
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On Tue, 19 May 2026 12:11:32 -0400, Jonathan Lamothe <[email protected]> wrote: >Steve Hayes <[email protected]> writes: > >> 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. > >What, specifically, would you say is inaccurate about it? LLMs are not "intelligent"; they do not "understand" the data they are dealing with, even though their programers sometimes like to give them the appearance of doing so. -- 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