Comment by Ajedi32
18 hours ago
That's the exact opposite of what the term "hallucination" is intended to imply. If it knew what was real and produced the wrong result anyway that would be a lie, not a hallucination.
I've heard the term "confabulation" as potentially more accurate than "hallucination", but it never really caught on.
"Confabulation" would never catch on because it's a word that most people don't know and couldn't remember. "Hallucination" is easier to remember, easier to understand, and easier for laypersons to build a mental model of.