Cliff Stoll: AI Hallucination Confidently Declared 'Cuckoo's Egg' Author Dead — 295 Points on HN

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Cliff Stoll, author of 'The Cuckoo's Egg' and proprietor of Acme Klein Bottles, posted that an AI-generated Facebook review confidently announced his death in May 2024, prompting multiple emails asking if his business was still operating. The post — titled 'Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated' — hit 295 points on HN, with the community discussing the real-world consequences of AI hallucinations generating false death reports about living people.