Hallucination
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hallucination is a noun meaning A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens.
Meaning
A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens.
More Meanings
- The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; an error, mistake or blunder.
- (artificial intelligence) A confident but incorrect response given by an artificial intelligence; a confabulation.
Example Sentences
This must have been the hallucination of the transcriber.
Hallucinations are always evidence of cerebral derangement and are common phenomena of insanity.
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.
Word Forms
- hallucinations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include vision, delusion, illusion, fantasy, daylight, pseudohallucination.
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