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title = "The Pitfalls of Defining Hallucination",
author = "Deemter, Kees van",
journal = "Computational Linguistics",
volume = "50",
number = "2",
month = jun,
year = "2024",
address = "Cambridge, MA",
publisher = "MIT Press",
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doi = "10.1162/coli_a_00509",
pages = "807--816",
abstract = "Despite impressive advances in Natural Language Generation (NLG) and Large Language Models (LLMs), researchers are still unclear about important aspects of NLG evaluation. To substantiate this claim, I examine current classifications of hallucination and omission in data-text NLG, and I propose a logic-based synthesis of these classfications. I conclude by highlighting some remaining limitations of all current thinking about hallucination and by discussing implications for LLMs.",
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Markdown (Informal)
[The Pitfalls of Defining Hallucination](https://aclanthology.org/2024.cl-2.10) (Deemter, CL 2024)
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