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Hallucination
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1. Why is X trying to hide? 2. Now what?

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3. This is all right. 4. Is this all right too?
“Hacker” program

Another command might be,“Stack the blocks so that lighter ones are
on top of heavier ones.” This can be done according to the rules written
above. But there exist several different possible ways (two of these are
shown in illustrations 3 and 4). Would the robot hesitate, unable to make
a decision? Or would it go ahead and accomplish the task in some way? If
the experiment were repeated, would the result always be the same, or
would the robot solve the problem a different way each time?
Numerous AI researchers have written programs similar to “Hacker,”
creating “computer universes”in an attempt to get machines to think and
learn. The results have often been fascinating and unexpected.

HALLUCINATION
In a human being,a hallucination occurs when the senses deliver phantom
messages. This can happen in mental illness, or under the influence of

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