# Hallucination vs Confabulation

**URL:** <https://community.openai.com/t/hallucination-vs-confabulation/172639>\
**Category:** Community\
**Created:** [April 22, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/hallucination-vs-confabulation/172639 "2023-04-22T03:05:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![N2U](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/n2u/32/54438_2.png) [@N2U](https://community.openai.com/u/N2U)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/hallucination-vs-confabulation/172639/22 "2024-01-21T22:52:28Z")

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Hey champ, welcome to the community. Pareidolia only refers to visual input. For example, you may see a happy face when looking at a Danish electrical socket:

![images (6)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/a/7/d/a7dcbe0641e6337755ffdba0a4263a55736ca98b.jpeg)

When we’re discussing hallucinations vs confabulations we’re mainly referring to text 🤗

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**Author:** ![freddyvega](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/freddyvega/32/452049_2.png) [@freddyvega](https://community.openai.com/u/freddyvega)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/hallucination-vs-confabulation/172639/23 "2024-08-27T17:38:41Z")

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We can candy-coat it all we want. It’s flat out lying!

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**Author:** ![PaulBellow](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/paulbellow/32/597962_2.png) [@PaulBellow](https://community.openai.com/u/PaulBellow)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/hallucination-vs-confabulation/172639/24 "2024-08-27T17:44:21Z")

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