Professor caught hallucinating citations as post claims humans now hallucinate more than AI
ColinWPLewis · x · 2026-10-19
A viral Polish post argues that as of October 2026, humans hallucinate more often than the latest AI systems — the author says modern AI assistants almost never hallucinate for them anymore, and urges academics to take AI seriously instead of scaring students off, or graduates will struggle in a world where AI handles many computer tasks at a high level.
The attached image makes it ironic: interview screenshots of a professor who got caught citing nonexistent literature. She admits "I have a strong awareness that it hallucinates," says she'd encourage students to "be cautious and triple-check everything" if she returned to campus, and insists she's "certainly not a victim of laziness, but of excessive trust in how fast things get done." The poster's point: when even humans hallucinate, universities warning students away from AI have it backwards.
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