On Thermostats and AI Hallucinations
A recent interaction with Claude left me profoundly perplexed.
I was wrapping up my workout the other day when I struck up a conversation with the manager at my gym. Long story short: I threw out a quote, but I forgot its source.
That bothered me.
The manager knew the quote, but he didn't remember who said it either.
Since I'm a curious dude, you probably know where this story is going.
AI to the Rescue?
I returned home and asked Claude:
Seth is a smart dude whom I even interviewed a long time ago. I knew for certain, though, that the original quote didn't belong to him. I strongly suspect that Claude attributed the words to him for two reasons:
- His blog is extremely popular.
- He has uttered those words many times.
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