The LLMentalist Trap: Why Chatbots Still Fool Us With Confident Guesses
Large language models continue to hallucinate despite advances. From clinical failures exceeding 80% on differential diagnosis to invented tools in agents, the pattern echoes a 2023 analysis comparing them to psychic cold reading. New research shows training and evaluation incentives reward confident guesses over honest uncertainty. The illusion persists.
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The LLMentalist Trap: Why Chatbots Still Fool Us With Confident Guesses Why it matters: LLMs is moving the AI stack right now, and this update helps explain what changed for builders. Source: Webpronews https://a2zai.ai/bytes/the-llmentalist-trap-why-chatbots-still-fool-us-w...
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