[Sharlin]

Which is why "hallucination" is really the wrong word to use, "confabulation" would be more proper. But "hallucination" has stuck because it's the word used back when people first figured out the trick of running image classifiers "in reverse" to generate images from noise.

[masklinn]

Sure but nobody knows the word “confabulation”, and lying / making things up implies intent.

So “hallucination” hews close enough to have good explanatory powers.

[Sharlin]

Confabulation is unintentional, FWIW:

> In psychology, confabulation is a memory error defined as the production of fabricated, distorted, or misinterpreted memories about oneself or the world. […] Confabulation occurs when individuals mistakenly recall false information, without intending to deceive.

[masklinn]

Yes, which is why I agree that it’s a better term. That’s not the issue.

[Sharlin]

Ah, I misinterpreted your previous comment!