Hallucination

Definitions

1. A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens.
   countable, uncountable
2. The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; an error, mistake or blunder.
   countable, uncountable
3. A confident but incorrect response given by an artificial intelligence; a confabulation.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

40 more languages

العربيةالهلوسةانخداعهذيانهلوسةوهم+ 2 more

Azərbaycan diliqarabasma

Беларускаягалюцынацыя

Bosanskihalucinacijapriviđenjeпривиђењехалуцинација+ 1 more

Češtinahalucinacepřelud

Cymraegrhithweledigaeth

Ελληνικάπαραίσθησηψευδαίσθηση

Esperantohalucinovizio

Euskaraeldarnio

Suomiaistiharhahallusinaatiohallusinointiharha-aistimusharhanäkykuvajainennäköharha+ 4 more

Gaeilgebréagchéadfaéiclipsmearú súlmeascán mearaíspeabhraíd+ 2 more

Gàidhligmearan

Galegoalucinación

हिन्दीमतिभ्रम

Hrvatskihalucinacijapriviđenjeпривиђењехалуцинација+ 1 more

Magyarérzékcsalódáshallucináció

Հայերենզգայախաբությունզգայապատրանքհալյուցինացիա

Bahasa Indonesiahalusinasi

Íslenskaskynvilla

Italianoallucinazione

日本語ハルシネーション幻想幻視幻覚錯覚+ 2 more

ქართულიილუზიაჰალუცინაცია

Қазақ тілігаллюцинацияелестеушілік

한국어꼭두어둑서니허깨비환각환시+ 2 more

LëtzebuergeschHalluzinatioun

Lietuviųhaliucinacija

Te Reo Māoripohewatanga

Македонскихалуцинацијахалуцинирање

Nederlandshallucinatiewaanbeeld

Polskihalucynacjamajakomamprzywidzeniezłuda+ 2 more

Portuguêsalucinação

Русскийгаллюцинацияглюкиллюзиянаваждение+ 1 more

Slovenčinahalucinácia

Slovenščinahalucinacija

Српскиhalucinacijapriviđenjeпривиђењехалуцинација+ 1 more

Svenskahallucination

ไทยภาพลวงตา

Türkçehalüsinasyonsanrı

Українськагалюцинаціяглюк

Tiếng Việtảo giác

Examples

“Hallucinations are always evidence of cerebral derangement and are common phenomena of insanity.”

“The authorities said that the spinach had caused “possible food-related toxic reactions” with those affected experiencing symptoms including delirium, hallucinations, blurred vision, rapid heartbeat and fever.”

“This must have⟳ been the hallucination of the transcriber.”

“Chatbots even forget⟳ that they are a bot and experience⟳ "hallucinations", Meta's description for when a bot confidently says something that is not true.”

“Hallucinations are about adhering to the truth; when A.I. systems get⟳ confused, they have⟳ a bad habit of making things up rather than admitting their difficulties.”

“It may tell⟳ you that the official currency of Switzerland is the euro (it’s actually the Swiss franc) or that Mark⟳ Twain’s Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County could not only jump⟳ but talk⟳. A.I. researchers call⟳ this generation of untruths “hallucination.””

“The hallucinations common to AI also came under fire in the suit⟳ for potentially damaging the value of the Times' reputation, and possibly damaging human health as a side effect. “A GPT model⟳ completely fabricated that “The New York Times published an article on January 10, 2020, titled ‘Study⟳ Finds Possible Link⟳ between Orange Juice and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma,’” the suit⟳ alleges. “The Times never published such an article.””

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