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hallucinating

hallucinating

7.9
Giving wrong information as if it were true, usually by a computer program
  • adjective
  • /həˈluːsɪneɪtɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : fabricando información
  • When the chatbot generated facts that were not accurate, users reported feeling like it was hallucinating its responses.

Examples

  • The software was hallucinating details about the past that never actually happened, confusing the researchers.

  • AI systems can sometimes produce misleading results, leading users to think they are hallucinating information.

  • So this idea of hallucinations, hallucinating is such a great thing to do.

  • It was an amazing experience hallucinating like that without even knowing that you're and it seemed completely normal.

Synonyms

to hallucinate
vshallucinating
  • Specialized
1 8.0

To make up facts or details by a computer program

is specific to computing meaning fabricated outputs presented as if true
to confabulate
vshallucinating
  • Specialized
1 9.9

To make up stories to fill gaps in memory

focuses on AI computing outputs that are incorrect and ungrounded rather than memory filling

Antonyms

accurate
680 3.0

Exactly correct in every detail

truthful
121 1.3

Always saying what really happened and not lying

How Grounded

guessing
1 1.6
hallucinating
  • Specialized
7.9

Surface Forms

hallucinating positive

Morphology

hallucinating = hallucinate (semi-transparent) = hallucinate + ing

The AI use is metaphorical: derived from the verb sense but applied to information generation rather than human perception.

Etymology

Hallucinating comes from the same Latin hallucinari, meaning 'to wander in the mind', and was first used for people who saw things that were not real. A helpful way to remember the computing use is to think of an AI 'seeing' false facts, so an AI that is hallucinating makes up information that looks real but is not true.