GPT-2 hallucinates a backstory for itself in ongoing dialogue experiment

MikePFrank · x · 2026-10-06

Mike Frank continues posting excerpts from his long conversation with GPT-2, noting the model is "hallucinating a backstory for itself." Part of his ongoing GPT-2 dialogue experiment showing the old model is more engaged than expected despite limited coherence.

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