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Ketan JoshionMastodon8h ago
Knowingly using a piece of software that *BY DESIGN* fabricates text is not "hallucination" - it is fraud. I'd be prosecuted if I sat down and invented references for submissions in a court case. I'd lose my job as an academic if I did the same for a paper. Someone explain why automating fraud has somehow made it completely fine and consequence-free?
The very tiny remaining few of us who still give a crap about "not lying" need to fight to bring back real consequences for fraud, fabrication
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Accuracy72%
Framing58%
Context55%
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Analysis Summary
LLM hallucinations—false text generation by design—are real and documented, and at least one lawyer was already sanctioned for filing court briefs with AI-fabricated citations. The post's core frustration is sound: there's a jarring gap between how fraud is treated when automated versus when manual. What the post glosses over is that consequences DO exist (sanctions, institutional policies, professional penalties) but they're still developing and unevenly applied—not nonexistent. The broader question of whether we're moving fast enough to catch up with the technology is genuinely unsettled.
Claims Analysis (3)
“LLMs by design fabricate text (hallucinate)”
LLM hallucinations are well-documented behavior confirmed by AI research and news coverage.
“Using LLMs to generate false references in legal filings constitutes fraud”
New York lawyer was sanctioned for filing briefs with AI-fabricated citations (Mata v. Avianca case), confirming legal consequences. General principle is sound.
“Automating fraud has made it 'consequence-free'”
Some consequences exist (lawyer sanctions, institutional policies) but enforcement remains inconsistent and limited compared to traditional fraud prosecution.
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😨 Appeal to Fear
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