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Tag: LLMs

Hallucinations aren’t a problem to be fixed

Dec 19, 2023

in AI

creativity, hallucination, language models, LLMs

A few months ago I wrote a post explaining that language models don’t sometimes hallucinate; they always hallucinate. “…every single response is a creative endeavour. It just happens to be the case that most of the responses we get map onto our expectations; we compare the response against our (human) models of reality.” So I…
My biased enthusiasm for generative AI, clearly articulated

Dec 16, 2023

in AI

bias, foundation models, language models, large language models, LLMs, mass education, open source, philosophy, values

I understand the serious ethical concerns many have raised about generative AI. These are important issues that deserve thoughtful debate. I believe that I know something about these concerns and I know the critical position I’m meant to take as an academic working at the intersection of education and technology. I’ve spent 15 years in…