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Want to second this. Asking the model to create a work of fiction and it complying isn't a pathology. Mozart wasn't "hallucinating" when he created "The Marriage of Figaro".

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But many artists are hallucinating when they envisioned some of their pieces. Who's to say Mozart wasn't on a trip when he created The Marriage of Figaro.

Bill Atkinson was hallucinating when he envisioned HyperCard.

https://patternproject.substack.com/p/from-the-mac-to-the-my...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44530767

That would have to be a very very long hallucination because it’s a huge opera that took a long time to write.

We don't know Mozart's state of mind when he composed.

He didn't hallucinate the Marriage of Figaro but he may well have been hallucinating.

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