Hard to argue the conclusion of this paper isn't right.

#ChatGPT does not hallucinate (non-standard perception experience unrelated to the world), and does not confabulate (fill in a memory gap). Instead, it soft bullshits:

"Bullshit produced without the intention to mislead the hearer regarding the utterer’s agenda."

"ChatGPT is bullshit", Hicks et al. 2024 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-024-09775-5

ChatGPT is bullshit - Ethics and Information Technology

Recently, there has been considerable interest in large language models: machine learning systems which produce human-like text and dialogue.

^SpringerLink