> No one is “requiring perfection”
> If “don’t hallucinate” is too much to ask then ethics flew out the window long ago.
Those sentences aren't compatible.
> but hallucination is a major issue
Again, every official public AI interface has warnings/disclaimers for this issue. It's well known. It's not some secret. Every AI researcher is directly or indirectly working on this.
> is in the opposite direction of the “goal” of AGI
This isn't a logical statement, so it's difficult to respond to. Hallucination isn't a direction that's being headed towards, it's being actively, with intent and $$$, headed away from.