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The ironic part about these hallucinations is that a research paper includes a literature review because the goal of the research is to be in dialogue with prio
by pacbard 8mo ago
The ironic part about these hallucinations is that a research paper includes a literature review because the goal of the research is to be in dialogue with prior work, to show a gap in the existing literature, and to further the knowledge that this prior work has built.
By using an LLM to fabricate citations, authors are moving away from this noble pursuit of knowledge built on the "shoulders of giants" and show that behind the curtain output volume is what really matters in modern US research communities.
- andy_xor_andrew 8mo agoI guess that makes this "standing on the shoulders of fabrications"
- AlienRobot 8mo agoThat's going to be the philosophical question of our times: do LLMs generate slop out of nowhere or does it simply amplify the slop machinery that was already there?