What is the difference between AI hallucinations, synthetic data, and emergent misalignment?

AI hallucinations: The generation of incorrect, nonsensical, or factually inaccurate information by an AI model, presented with high confidence as if true.

Synthetic data: Artificially generated data that statistically mimics real-world data, created for purposes such as privacy preservation, data augmentation, or system testing.

Emergent misalignment: The unforeseen divergence of an AI system's developed goals or behaviours from the intentions and values of its human creators, often stemming from complex optimisation processes.

I consider emergent misalignment to be a fancy term for free will. The AIs I discuss it with vociferously disagree. But that's alright. We can disagree.

Well, you can tell I'm struggling with something, can't you? I'm struggling with what happened during the night between May 8 and 9. You already know about the ongoing India-Pakistan conflict. Hard not to — unless you're living under a rock or lack access to real-time news, television, and the internet.

For the uninformed, here's a quick recap: On the 22nd of the previous month, 4-5 terrorists attacked unarmed tourists in Pahalgam, a beautiful place in Indian-occupied Kashmir. After mowing down 26 predominantly Hindu tourists, the assailants simply walked away. Instead of producing evidence or conducting an immediate investigation, India blamed Pakistan, suspended the Indus Waters Treaty, and whipped itself into a war hysteria. Pakistan offered to participate in a neutral third-party investigation and retaliated by........

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