hallucination

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The neuroscientist Anil Seth says the brain is a “prediction machine,” and selfhood a useful hallucination.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

Founder Shield incorporates "AI malfunction and hallucination" scenarios specifically into professional services policies covering losses the technology causes clients.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

These included conditions such as seizures, altered mental status, and hallucination.

From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 2026

He said: "We're all operating in such little sleep that we thought it all could have been a hallucination."

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2025

It was all so disturbingly normal—besides the sheer amount of money that must have gone into it—that for a moment I thought the whole place might be a hallucination.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia