Hallucinations
What hallucination is, the forms it takes, why it happens, and how to reduce and catch it.
5 notes · 14 min total
- 1What It IsWhat a hallucination is, why confident is the key word, and the two flavors: faithfulness and factuality.2 min
- 2Common FormsThe four places hallucinations cluster: fake citations, invented numbers, made-up code and accepted false premises.2 min
- 3Why It HappensThe root cause of hallucinations, five specific causes that add to it, and why a confident tone is never a reason to trust an answer.3 min
- 4Reducing HallucinationsFive techniques that cut hallucinations, from grounding with RAG to tools for facts, and what each one cannot fix.4 min
- 5Catching HallucinationsFive checks that catch hallucinations that slip past prevention, plus why telling the model not to hallucinate does not work.3 min