Hallucinations never went away — agents just hide them behind tools, logs and retries
gerardsans · x · 2026-10-25
On why nobody talks about hallucinating anymore: the conversation shifted to agents and long-horizon tasks, but hallucination rates remain exactly the same — just hidden behind tools, CLI output, logs, retries, and higher costs from massive token consumption. The problem wasn't solved; agent workflows merely wrapped it in layers that mask raw model errors at a higher bill.
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