Yes, this an actual academic paper with that title. Also a very readable one. Pullquote:
Calling their mistakes ‘hallucinations’ isn’t harmless: it lends itself to the confusion that the machines are in some way misperceiving but are nonetheless trying to convey something that they believe or have perceived. This, as we’ve argued, is the wrong metaphor. The machines are not trying to communicate something they believe or perceive. Their inaccuracy is not due to misperception or hallucination. As we have pointed out, they are not trying to convey information at all. They are bullshitting.
ChatGPT has always been garbage. What can you really use it for? Other than to write your school paper, which they can catch you at cheating. Whats the point other than being a novelty right now?
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