[ec109685]

Hallucinations are lies. So not the same thing.

[Teleoflexuous]

For LLM to lie it would need to know the truth. That's an incredible level of anthropomorphization.

[malux85]

Hallucinations are not always lies, they are more like a transformation in the abstraction space.

[throwup238]

That is some weapons grade spin :-)

[littlestymaar]

All lies aren't useless, some can be insightful even when blatantly wrong in themselves (for instance: taken literally every scientific model is a lie). I can definitely see how an LLM hallucinating can helps fostering creativity (the same way psychedelics can), even if all they say is bullshit.

[bongodongobob]

I'm using hallucination to mean "not exactly the thing", not outright lying. So maybe the "truth" is "My socks are wet." A hallucination could be "My socks are damp."

[HeatrayEnjoyer]

Lies require intent. I can ask a model to lie and it will provide info it knows is inaccurate, and can provide the true statement if requested.

Hallucinations are inaccuracies it doesn't realize are inaccurate.