# AI Hallucination Rates Are Plummeting Through Scale by Dave Blundin > "A year or two ago, one school of thought held that hallucinations would be a disaster and never go away. Like everything else, we have scaled out of it, and the error rate is plummeting through pure scale." > **— Dave Blundin**, *MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Recording and precise locator:** [38:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk7hdOwJj4&t=2309s) — MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026. - **Exact reconciled source object:** “A year or two ago, one school of thought held that hallucinations would be a disaster and never go away. Like everything else, we have scaled out of it, and the error rate is plummeting through pure scale.” - **Editorial status:** The poster preserves the source-faithful object, including visible bracketed repairs and omissions where present. - **Reconciled source dossier:** [[research/Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live|Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live]] preserves transcript order, speaker attribution, editorial conventions, and the surrounding argument. - **Weekly promotion dossier:** [[research/Weekly Reminder Hunt - 2026-10-02|Weekly Reminder Hunt — October 2, 2026]] records why this object was selected for permanent promotion. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Gigawatt Is the New Measure of War|The Gigawatt Is the New Measure of War]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Dave Blundin|Dave Blundin]] - [[wiki/AI Distribution|AI Distribution]] - [[wiki/AI Price-Performance|AI Price-Performance]] - [[wiki/AI Access|AI Access]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "A year or two ago, one school of thought held that hallucinations would be a disaster and never go away. Like everything else, we have scaled out of it, and the error rate is plummeting through pure scale." — Dave Blundin, MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-blundin-ai-hallucination-rates-are-plummeting-through-scale ```