Neuroscience take: AI hallucinates because it lacks the PFC's monitoring circuit
burny_tech · x · 2026-10-11
A neuroscience-flavored hot take making the rounds: the prefrontal cortex monitors performance and the value of cognitive control to keep extended goals on track. The author argues AI models hallucinate because they lack this monitoring circuit, forcing engineers to reinvent it externally as an agent "harness".
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