If you stop and think, LLMs seem to operate very much like humans.
Go to any human and ask it a question, and it will answer either from direct specific experience, or from estimation based on its experience.
We highly value humans who have a lot of direct experience and also can extrapolate that experience or apply it to new scenarios and generate believable answers.
In other words, unless a human has exact knowledge, they are "hallucinating". It's very normal.
The point is, whether LLM or human "expert", if the question is of great significance, get a second and maybe third opinion.
At the end of the day, this is all an experiment. And nothing matters, because it will all turn to dust.
Go to any human and ask it a question, and it will answer either from direct specific experience, or from estimation based on its experience.
We highly value humans who have a lot of direct experience and also can extrapolate that experience or apply it to new scenarios and generate believable answers.
In other words, unless a human has exact knowledge, they are "hallucinating". It's very normal.
The point is, whether LLM or human "expert", if the question is of great significance, get a second and maybe third opinion.
At the end of the day, this is all an experiment. And nothing matters, because it will all turn to dust.