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EPISODE · Dec 14, 2025 · 11 MIN

The Mandela Effect in AI: Why Language Models Misremember

from Inside the Black Box: Cracking AI and Deep Learning · host Arshavir Blackwell, PhD

Dive into how and why large language models like ChatGPT mirror the human Mandela Effect, reproducing our collective false memories and misquotations. Arshavir Blackwell examines the science behind errors in models and minds, and explores how new techniques can counteract these uncanny AI confabulations.

Dive into how and why large language models like ChatGPT mirror the human Mandela Effect, reproducing our collective false memories and misquotations. Arshavir Blackwell examines the science behind errors in models and minds, and explores how new techniques can counteract these uncanny AI confabulations.

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