[Ads-l] Word: Hallucitation (created via wordplay from Hallucination)

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Dictionary.com selected "Hallucinate" as word of the year. Here is a
link to a piece co-authored by list member Grant Barrett:

Article: The Dictionary.com Word of the Year is hallucinate
Authors: Nick Norlen, Senior Editor, and Grant Barrett, Head of Lexicography
https://content.dictionary.com/word-of-the-year-2023/

[Begin definition]
hallucinate
(of artificial intelligence) to produce false information contrary to
the intent of the user and present it as if true and factual.
verb
Example: When chatbots hallucinate, the result is often not just
inaccurate but completely fabricated.
[End definition]

Chatbots sometimes fabricate citations to support the false
information they present. Yesterday, a tweet from @qikipedia presented
a new word to name these fabricated citations.

[Begin tweet information]
https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1736310266579791952
Quite Interesting @qikipedia
Word of the Day: HALLUCITATION (neologism) - a non-existent
information source provided by an AI tool for text it generated.
4:00 AM · Dec 17, 2023
[End tweet information]

Garson

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