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Theoretical Limits on Hallucination

Formal learning theory increasingly frames hallucination as a bounded property rather than an eliminable defect, shifting reliability work toward verification layers around models.

weakening · confidence 26 · -14 7d · Emerging (watchlist) · tracking since June 30, 2026 · updated July 7, 2026

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Daily conviction score, 0 to 100. Higher means the thesis is more strongly corroborated.

Jul 6 · 28Jul 7 · 26

Now 26 · -2 since Jul 6 · ranged 26 to 28

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Why the conviction moved

  • Jun 30
    Strengthened +4

    A new theory paper extends the 'generation in the limit' framework to ask whether language models can keep learning while producing invalid strings forever, framing hallucination as a bounded formal property.

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  • Supporting · June 30, 2026

    A Theory Paper Asks Whether Language Models Can Learn While Hallucinating Forever

    A new theory paper extends the 'generation in the limit' framework to ask whether language models can keep learning while producing invalid strings forever, framing hallucination as a bounded formal property.

    arXiv cs.CL

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