For a real life complement to the film I would highly recommend this 1973 BBC documentary on life on Bishop Rock Lighthouse [0] and this modern day 2025 vlog of a lighthouse worker [1].
Sadly I did not see any mention of monkey pump in either of these, but I think they show nicely how lighthouse work self-selects for individuals who can handle (or even prefer) the solitude that comes with the job.
There is a concept of going into the wilderness for some time (as we go through Lent). It's ancient. I wonder if we'll ever find out it's just as useful as intermittent fasting.
>Psychologist Sarita Robinson at the University of Central Lancashire, UK, says that hallucinations are common when people are in isolation, usually occurring if there is also sensory deprivation, such as being in a dark room.
Does the AI model hallucinations somewhat linked to this, does computer AI model too need some sort of socializing?
AI models hallucinate because they are probabilistic engines designed to predict the next likely word. They don't know what "truth" is, they just say what is "plausible-looking" based on training data. Some numerical inaccuracies in the model may also contribute to "hallucinations".
Humans hallucinate under sensory deprivation because, I think, our brains never evolved to respond reasonably to full sensory deprivation (it basically almost never happens in real life to healthy individuals who leave offspring), i.e. this kind of scenario was never "tested" by evolution and we get results that make no sense (random garbage).
Sadly I did not see any mention of monkey pump in either of these, but I think they show nicely how lighthouse work self-selects for individuals who can handle (or even prefer) the solitude that comes with the job.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc9qxyf_suI
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhRbJ3DQdlQ
Does the AI model hallucinations somewhat linked to this, does computer AI model too need some sort of socializing?
Humans hallucinate under sensory deprivation because, I think, our brains never evolved to respond reasonably to full sensory deprivation (it basically almost never happens in real life to healthy individuals who leave offspring), i.e. this kind of scenario was never "tested" by evolution and we get results that make no sense (random garbage).