Comment by hi_hi
3 months ago
Although the ability to censor is somewhat interesting and important to understand at a technical level, the amount of pearl clutching and fear mongering going around in traditional media about DeepSeek is extraordinary.
Even so called independent publications are showing extreme bias. Not once does the concept or word "hallucination" appear here, now it's "misinformation". And all these concerns about submitting personal information, while good advice, seem strangely targeted at DeepSeek, rather than any online service.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/28/experts-u...
Sigh, I'm not even mad, just disappointed at how politicised and polarising these things have become. Gotta sell those clicks somehow.
Perhaps a minor point but hallucination was never a good description for errors produced by the model - all responses, correct or incorrect, are in essence hallucinations.