hallucinate

Definition

To seem to perceive things (with one or more of one's senses) which are not really present; to have visions; to experience a hallucination.

Etymology

First attested in 1604; borrowed from Latin hallūcinātus, alternative form of alūcinātus, perfect active participle of alucinor (“to dream”); see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Example Sentences

• "In case you were wondering, the yahoo url above doesn’t actually exist, the model just hallucinated it."
• "Despite maintaining plausible general linguistic capabilities, dialogue models are still unable to fully discern facts and may instead hallucinate factually invalid information."
• "Rankin sanctioned Ayala $3,000 and kicked him off the lawsuit after the lawyer admitted incorporating the hallucinated AI-generated cases in the brief. Morgan and Goody were sanctioned $1,000 each."

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