hallucinators
Those seeing unrealities
Hallucinators are those who hallucinate—experiencing sensory perceptions without external stimuli.
The term covers people with psychiatric conditions, those under the influence of psychedelics, or anyone whose brain generates false perceptions: The study compared hallucinators with control subjects.
In tech contexts, hallucinators may refer to AI systems that generate plausible but false information.
Those with ambitious visions
- prophetsProclaimers of sacred truth
- seersThose claiming foresight
- mysticsSpiritual insight seekers
- oraclesSources of divine guidance
channelers · shamans · mediums · visionaries · soothsayers · diviners · inspired · trance
Those on outings
- psilocybinHallucinogenic substance from fungi
- mescalinePsychoactive cactus alkaloid
- ayahuascaPsychoactive Amazonian plant brew
- peyoteHallucinogenic desert succulent
shrooms · psychonauts · synesthesia · visuals · microdosers · set · setting · journeyers
Psychotic disorder with delusions
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- deliriumAcute mental disorientation
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
- delusionsFirmly held false beliefs
paranoia · mania · neurosis · dissociation · voices · visions · antipsychotics · institutionalization
Habitual imaginers of unrealities
- fabulistsComposers of moral tales
- storytellersPeople who narrate tales
- mythmakersInventors of legends
- imaginersThose who form mental pictures
daydreamers · worldbuilders · surrealists · escapists · inventors · illusionists
Software mimicking conversation
- confabulationInvented memories believed true
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- misinformationFalse data spread unintentionally
- fact-checkingConfirming accuracy of claims
grounding · accuracy · guardrails · prompting · rag
dreamers
Those with ambitious visions
oracles · channelers · shamans · mediums · visionaries · soothsayers · diviners · inspired · trance · revelation
trippers
Those on outings
- psilocybinHallucinogenic substance from fungi
- mescalinePsychoactive cactus alkaloid
- ayahuascaPsychoactive Amazonian plant brew
peyote · shrooms · psychonauts · synesthesia · visuals · microdosers · set · setting · journeyers
schizophrenia
Psychotic disorder with delusions
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- deliriumAcute mental disorientation
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
delusions · paranoia · mania · neurosis · dissociation · voices · visions · antipsychotics · institutionalization · diagnosis
fantasists
Habitual imaginers of unrealities
- fabulistsComposers of moral tales
- storytellersPeople who narrate tales
- mythmakersInventors of legends
imaginers · daydreamers · worldbuilders · surrealists · escapists · inventors · illusionists
chatbots
Software mimicking conversation
- confabulationInvented memories believed true
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- misinformationFalse data spread unintentionally
fact-checking · grounding · accuracy · guardrails · prompting · rag
- hallucinatory statePerceiving nonexistent sensations