hallucinates
Perceives unreal things
Hallucinates is the third-person singular form of hallucinate, meaning to perceive things that aren't actually there—seeing, hearing, or sensing something with no external cause.
The experience can result from drugs, fever, mental illness, or extreme fatigue.
She hallucinates when her fever spikes.
In tech contexts, an AI hallucinates when it generates false information presented as fact: The chatbot hallucinates citations that don't exist.
Stubbornly held false belief
- paranoiaIrrational persecution fears
- schizophreniaPsychotic disorder with delusions
- deliriumAcute mental disorientation
- psychoticSuffering reality-detachment
voices · visions · auditory · visual · tactile · dissociation · break · episode
Planned travel somewhere
- psilocybinHallucinogenic substance from fungi
- mescalinePsychoactive cactus alkaloid
- ayahuascaPsychoactive Amazonian plant brew
- shroomsHallucinogenic fungi, informally
visuals · tracers · patterns · fractals · synesthesia · mind-expanding · psychoactive · flashback
Acute mental disorientation
- feveredAbnormally hot, overheated
- illnessState of poor health
- sicknessBodily disorder or disease
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
temperature · delirious · confused · raving · incoherent · bedbound · nightmares · sweating
Apparition of the dead
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- visionAbility to see
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
mirage · figment · chimera · phantasm · manifestation · shade · wraith · presence
Invents false memories unconsciously
- fabricatesCreates falsely or manufactures
- inventsCreates something novel
- generatesBrings forth, creates
- fictitiousNot real, invented
nonsense · plausible · confident · errors · misinformation · chatbot · model · output
Impaired by alcohol
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- feveredAbnormally hot, overheated
- inebriatedIntoxicated by alcohol
- alcoholIntoxicating hydroxyl compound
blackout · disoriented · wasted · bender · detox · overdose · substance · impaired
delusion
Stubbornly held false belief
- paranoiaIrrational persecution fears
- schizophreniaPsychotic disorder with delusions
- deliriumAcute mental disorientation
psychotic · voices · visions · auditory · visual · tactile · dissociation · break · episode · antipsychotic
trip
Planned travel somewhere
- psilocybinHallucinogenic substance from fungi
- mescalinePsychoactive cactus alkaloid
- ayahuascaPsychoactive Amazonian plant brew
shrooms · visuals · tracers · patterns · fractals · synesthesia · mind-expanding · psychoactive · flashback · peak
delirium
Acute mental disorientation
infection · temperature · delirious · confused · raving · incoherent · bedbound · nightmares · sweating · disoriented
ghost
Apparition of the dead
apparition · mirage · figment · chimera · phantasm · manifestation · shade · wraith · presence · visitation
confabulates
Invents false memories unconsciously
- fabricatesCreates falsely or manufactures
- inventsCreates something novel
- generatesBrings forth, creates
fictitious · nonsense · plausible · confident · errors · misinformation · chatbot · model · output · false
drunk
Impaired by alcohol
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- feveredAbnormally hot, overheated
- inebriatedIntoxicated by alcohol
alcohol · blackout · disoriented · wasted · bender · detox · overdose · substance · impaired · distorted
hallucinatesobserves
Perceives and notes
witnesses · apprehends · discerns · senses · detects
- visual hallucinationsSeeing nonexistent things
- auditory hallucinationsPerceived sounds without stimulus
- hallucinatory statePerceiving nonexistent sensations
- sleep hallucinationsVisions at consciousness threshold
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