Day 1,390: patina, fabrication

Large Language Models produce answers that have the patina of truth, but often contain factual errors or outright fabrications.

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Artwork of the day 
Animals dyeing fabrics
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Style: Ukiyo-e
Genre: allegorical painting

Word of the day 
patina: a thin surface layer that develops on something because of use, age, or chemicalaction
fabrication: the act of inventing false information in orderto deceive someone, or the false information itself

Quote of the day
“And each stroke of his tongue ripped off skin after successive skin, all the skins of a life in the world, and left behind a nascent patina of shining hairs. My earrings turned back to water and trickled down my shoulders; I shrugged the drops off my beautiful fur.”
― Angela Carter