Why “Hallucination”? Examining the History, and Stakes, of How We Label AI’s Undesirable Output
Joshua Pearson examines the history of the term “hallucination” in the development and promotion of AI technology.
Joshua Pearson examines the history of the term “hallucination” in the development and promotion of AI technology.
In an excerpt from LARB Quarterly no. 41, “Truth,” Ena Selimović translates Marina Gudelj’s short story … or is it a eulogy?
Dylan Adamson positions the discourses around Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” within the director’s larger body of work.
Prof. Saree Makdisi diagnoses how the university, the police, and the media have failed our students protesting on behalf of Gazan lives.
In this special episode, hosts Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman discuss the case for and against giving up—on life, vices, dreams, creative...
Kristen Malone Poli examines the true hunger at the heart of the divorce plot.
In an excerpt from LARB Quarterly no. 41, “Truth,” Sam Sax presents lore so uncanny, it might as well be real.
In an excerpt from LARB Quarterly no. 41, “Truth,” Peter Holslin reflects on synthesizer drones, inoffensive ambience, and his father’s affinity for...
In an excerpt from LARB Quarterly no. 41, “Truth,” Sarah Yanni accounts for what she left behind when she called off her wedding—and what she...
Elizabeth Alsop explores the ubiquity—and limitations—of the “trauma backstory.”
Ryan Shea revisits Guillermo Gasió’s 1988 anthology “Borges en Japon, Japon en Borges.”
Jonathan van Harmelen reveals a lesser-known, unappreciated history of American film through the work of Asian American makers and studios.
In honor of National Talk Like Shakespeare Day, Frank Bergon writes about Shakespeare’s possible use of the Basque language.
In the first of a series, Osagie K. Obasogie explores the history and persistence of eugenics in science, medicine, and elsewhere.
Are people—and the United States—doomed to be the subalterns of the aristocrats?
Maria Bose and Jason Willwerscheid analyze corporate moves to adapt prestige video games into prestige TV.