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electric_blue68

(25,315 posts)
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 11:16 AM Thursday

So, I'm reading about AI, LLM hallucinations...

While on IBM's web site it said...
(my underline)

"sometimes AI algorithms produce outputs that are not based on training data, are incorrectly decoded by the transformer".


What the heck does that (underlined section) even mean?

Tia!
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So, I'm reading about AI, LLM hallucinations... (Original Post) electric_blue68 Thursday OP
Translation? Skynet becomes self-aware and decides humanity is an unacceptable risk... Moostache Thursday #1
Heh... electric_blue68 Thursday #4
Similar plot line to "The Matrix" series too, just different 'terminators'! (LOL) n/t Moostache Thursday #6
Ah, yeah, you could say that! electric_blue68 Thursday #7
Um...Optimus Prime has trouble understanding what A.I. is trying to communicate? mwmisses4289 Thursday #2
That little plastic toy that changes from a car to a robotic killer? Bobstandard Thursday #3
Uh, ohhh! electric_blue68 Thursday #5

Moostache

(10,953 posts)
1. Translation? Skynet becomes self-aware and decides humanity is an unacceptable risk...
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 11:32 AM
Thursday

The rest follows the plot of most sci-fi dystopian fiction beat for beat from there...

Bobstandard

(2,135 posts)
3. That little plastic toy that changes from a car to a robotic killer?
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 11:40 AM
Thursday

The “be a quiet toy” command that it usually gets from the planet of the Jewish space lasers may now be misinterpreted to mean, “kill them all!”

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