hallucination
Definitions
A sensory experience, such as seeing or hearing something, that occurs in the absence of an external stimulus.
A false or distorted perception of reality, often caused by mental disorder, neurological condition, or drug use.
In artificial intelligence, the generation of content that is nonsensical or unfaithful to the provided source data.
Examples
The patient experienced a vivid hallucination after taking the medication.
The AI model produced a strange hallucination that had no basis in the provided data.
He realized the flickering shadow was merely a hallucination brought on by extreme sleep deprivation.