I get the concern over what using the word hallucination implies, I also think it is a fairly fitting word. We need something easy to explain when these system

I get the concern over what using the word hallucination implies, I also think it is a fairly fitting word. We need something easy to explain when these systems are straight up wrong. Something that a normal non technical user will understand. Sure saying "wrong" could be easy enough, I think "Hallucination" also has a simplicity too it. Part of the problem is that these models will appear to confidently be wrong. Hallucinate to me kinda goes along with this, it isn't just wrong things are being made up. But regardless of that, people are used to calling it hallucinating. We are also up against an effort to downplay any concern over this fundamental problem with the technology and already trying to push it as a general AI (And we have to recognize there is a ton of money on pushing this exact narrative), that I would be worried about confusing the topic by pushing for an alternative term giving leeway to further downplay the problem.