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Rules 1.1.0 · as of 14 Sep 2026
Owen Scott Muir · Said 16 Sep 2024 · owen-1235
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“This is a good example of why the uptake on AI that hallucinates—or, in human terms, lies to you—misses a key motivation for humans.”
Essay on epistemic trust (Peter Fonagy's term): people trust messengers rather than messages. The author applies this to AI adoption: AI that hallucinates misses the human need for truth, implying that uptake of such AI will be limited.
Descriptive, retrospective, or a statement of preference; no future state asserted.