Why language models hallucinate, revisiting Amodei’s code prediction and AI in the job market

This is a podcast episode titled, Why language models hallucinate, revisiting Amodei’s code prediction and AI in the job market. The summary for this episode is: <p>Do we need more AI hallucinations? In episode 72 of <em>Mixture of Experts</em>, host Tim Hwang is joined by Kate Soule, Chris Hay and Skyler Speakman to talk about OpenAI’s paper, <em>Why language models hallucinate</em>. Next, in March 2025, Anthropic’s CEO, Dario Amodei, predicted that AI will be writing 90% of code for software developers. How is that turning out? Then, is AI making the job market hell? Finally, you can now run an LLM on a circuit board the size of a business card. Where does that take us? All that and more on today’s <em>Mixture of Experts.</em>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>00:00 – Intro&nbsp;</p><p>1:18 – Oracle, data center construction, iPhone 17 and tech saint&nbsp;</p><p>3:03 – Why language models hallucinate&nbsp;</p><p>15:59 – Dario Amodei’s prediction&nbsp;</p><p>22:45 – Job market is hell&nbsp;</p><p>29:57 – LLM on a business card&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM or any other organization or entity.</em>&nbsp;</p>