Why interpolation breeds hallucinations: embedding-space discussion sparks verify-always advice
gerardsans · x · 2026-10-23
A discussion on why AI hallucinates: the author argues the core issue with mixing embeddings via interpolation is hallucination — navigating sparse or out-of-distribution regions of latent space produces the familiar ghostly images and broken video frames. A hand with the wrong number of fingers is, for most people, just AI slop.
A follow-up adds: AI suggestions are safest when it works from complete information like a summary; when data is missing or generated from scratch, exposure to hallucinations peaks. Suggestions may be useful when lucky, problematic when not — always verify.
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