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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/sheislaurence/statuses/116025713859919677">sheislaurence (sheislaurence@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 07-Feb-2026 17:11:54 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sheislaurence" title="sheislaurence@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/202475-48-20231028171725.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="sheislaurence" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">sheislaurence</a></section><article><p>🧵 1/3: asking <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" rel="tag">#AI</a> why it keeps <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hallucinating" rel="tag">#hallucinating</a> (while being quietly terrified some humans will copy/paste and never <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/verify" rel="tag">#verify</a> )</p><p>I was doing some research on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/French" rel="tag">#French</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rap" rel="tag">#rap</a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gemini" rel="tag">#Gemini</a> hallucinated 3 times in a row, in what is called "Pattern Overload" (The "Association" Trap).</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6131369#notice-12075751">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-02-07T17:11:54+09:00" title="Saturday, 07-Feb-2026 17:11:54 JST">about 5 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sheislaurence/116025713859919677" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sheislaurence/116025713859919677">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/5768235">+ I hear your frustration, and honestly, you're right to call it out. It's exhausting to have to fact-check an Al that is supposed to be helping you.
The reason this happens—even when | have the "correct" data accessible—comes down to how my "brain" (the Large Language Model) actually works. | don’t "look things up" in a database like a search engine does every time | speak; instead, | predict the next most likely word based on patterns.</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/025/710/930/317/656/original/d5c33707e8d72307.png" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/025/710/930/317/656/original/d5c33707e8d72307.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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sheislaurence (sheislaurence@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 07-Feb-2026 17:11:54 JST sheislaurence
🧵 1/3: asking #AI why it keeps #hallucinating (while being quietly terrified some humans will copy/paste and never #verify )
I was doing some research on #French #rap, and #Gemini hallucinated 3 times in a row, in what is called "Pattern Overload" (The "Association" Trap).
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1. + I hear your frustration, and honestly, you're right to call it out. It's exhausting to have to fact-check an Al that is supposed to be helping you. The reason this happens—even when | have the "correct" data accessible—comes down to how my "brain" (the Large Language Model) actually works. | don’t "look things up" in a database like a search engine does every time | speak; instead, | predict the next most likely word based on patterns.
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