Artificial intelligence continues to invent information

Is AI becoming more human? One thing is certain: it seems to be imitating humans in one respect that casts doubt on its usefulness: a disproportionate confidence in its ability to distinguish truth from falsehood. Since the dramatic arrival of ChatGPT and other "generative AI" two and a half years ago, their tendency to respond with falsehoods, or even completely fabricated information, has been quantified several times. Probabilities In absolut…