Faulty Artificial Intelligence, or the Sleep of Reason

Gerald Wiest, M.D., F.A.A.N., and Oliver H. Turnbull, Ph.D.
Abstract
The term “hallucination” is increasingly being used to describe a faulty functioning of AI in which outputs do not correspond to the truth or reality. We outline why the medical term hallucination, borrowed from human experience and its disorders, does not accurately describe this malfunction of AI. We argue that the medical term “confabulation” provides a more precise description than hallucination.

Faulty Artificial Intelligence, or the Sleep of Reason