Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, the remarkable generative capabilities of AI systems are accompanied by the persistent phenomenon of "AI hallucination," which troubles both users and researchers. This phenomenon manifests as the generation of information detached from reality, undermining the credibility of AI and posing challenges to its application in substantive professional work. Interestingly, AI hallucination exhibits a structural homology with the concept of hallucination as proposed by Jacques Lacan within psychoanalytic theory. Interpreting AI hallucination through a Lacanian psychoanalytic lens can broaden the scope of research on this issue and foster interdisciplinary studies. This paper aims to introduce Lacan’s psychoanalytic framework to provide a novel perspective on understanding AI hallucination.
Source: AI & Future Society
Author: Yuhong Wang
Institution: North China Electric Power University
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4414017762