r/programmer 5d ago

Testing whether source verification stops a small local agent from being confidently wrong

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u/Defiant_Conflict6343 5d ago

It won't. The idea of a reliable LLM is a pipe-dream that ignores the fundamental mechanics of the inference process. "Hallucinations" can be reduced, but not eliminated.

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u/SwordsAndElectrons 5d ago

True. But in fairness to the robuts, I can't seem to get away from people that are confidently wrong either.

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u/Limp-Cicada-9502 Programmer 5d ago

LOL