Hegde: AI Hallucination Is a Feature Not a Bug in Creative Work
Vinayak Hegde · EP7 Nationalistic Interests, Humanitarian Efforts & Future of AI ft Vinayak Hegde · Apr 29, 2025 · at 23:32
Vinayak Hegde, Microsoft AI advocate and former CTO, argues that non-deterministic model outputs are beneficial for creative applications despite risks in regulated domains.
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“Hallucination is like a feature and not a bug, especially in creative industry, because if you're generating a let's say a banner for a newsletter, you want it to be creative, quirky.”
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