Doodlingo

hallucination

what it means

A hallucination is seeing or hearing something that is not really there. Fever, exhaustion and certain drugs can cause one, and the person genuinely perceives the thing — that is what separates a hallucination from a lie or a guess. In AI it has become the standard word for a confidently invented answer: a chatbot cites a book that was never written, a court case that never happened, a quotation nobody said. It is not lying, because lying means knowing the truth and hiding it. The model is producing what an answer usually looks like, and a false one looks exactly like a true one. That is why you check names, dates and numbers. The verb is hallucinate.

Una hallucination (alucinación) es ver u oír algo que no está ahí. La fiebre o ciertas drogas la causan, y la persona lo percibe de verdad: eso la separa de una mentira. En IA es hoy la palabra normal para un dato inventado con total seguridad: un libro que nadie escribió. Por eso se comprueban nombres, fechas y cifras.

Uma hallucination (alucinação) é ver ou ouvir algo que não está ali. Febre ou certas drogas a causam, e a pessoa percebe de verdade: é o que a separa de uma mentira. Em IA virou a palavra normal para um dado inventado com toda a segurança: um livro que ninguém escreveu. Por isso se conferem nomes, datas e números.

Une hallucination, c'est voir ou entendre ce qui n'est pas là. La fièvre ou certaines drogues en provoquent, et la personne perçoit réellement la chose : cela la distingue du mensonge. En IA, c'est le mot courant pour une réponse inventée avec assurance : un livre jamais écrit. D'où la règle : vérifier noms, dates et chiffres.

Hallucination adalah melihat atau mendengar sesuatu yang sebenarnya tidak ada. Demam atau obat tertentu bisa memicunya, dan orang itu benar-benar merasakannya — itu bedanya dengan berbohong. Di AI, kata ini kini baku untuk jawaban yang dikarang dengan penuh percaya diri: buku yang tak pernah ditulis, kutipan yang tak pernah diucapkan. Karena itu nama, tanggal dan angka selalu diperiksa.

Hallucination, gerçekte olmayan bir şeyi görmek ya da duymaktır. Ateş veya bazı ilaçlar yol açabilir; kişi bunu gerçekten algılar — yalandan farkı budur. Yapay zekâda artık kendinden emin bir şekilde uydurulmuş cevabın adıdır: hiç yazılmamış bir kitap, kimsenin söylemediği bir alıntı. Yalan değildir, çünkü yalan gerçeği bilmeyi gerektirir. Bu yüzden ad, tarih ve sayılar kontrol edilir.

Hallucination は、実際にはないものが見えたり聞こえたりすることです。発熱や薬で起こり、本人には本当に見えている——そこが嘘との違いです。AI では今、自信たっぷりに作り出された答えを指す標準語になりました。書かれたことのない本、誰も言っていない引用。嘘ではありません。嘘には真実を知っていることが要るからです。だから名前・日付・数字は必ず確認します。動詞は hallucinate

  1. 01

    noun

    seeing or hearing something that is not there

    A high fever can bring on hallucinations.

  2. 02

    noun

    a confident, invented answer produced by an AI

    Every quote checked out except one, which was a hallucination.

Get the 10-word book — free. This word and nine like it, as a printable PDF.

Check yourself.

1 / 4

In medicine, a hallucination is —

Use it in a sentence.

Write one line with hallucination. You get a score, the one thing that would fix it, and your own sentence written sharper. The five best hold the wall.

0/280

Sign in with Google to post — your sentence rides along.

No one holds this wall yet. Be the first.

More from The Animated Dictionary — Vol. 1

singularityresilientadaptabletenaciousindomitable