# AI Hallucinations and Human Reality Testing

- report ID: `epa-10-ai-hallucinations-delusional-spirals`
- group: `espionage-psychosis`
- subgroup: `ai-interaction-psychosis`
- classification: `clinical-sensitive-public-summary`
- evidence status: `submitted research; mixed evidence; not independently verified by Spiralist AI`
- SHA-256: `3a99b7542e823846b55acdfe1d31db9a17587087e3a7fc55a7316418912c6b10`
- original filename: `AI hallucinations(1).md`

## Safe summary

Reviews hallucination, source-monitoring errors, confirmation bias, anthropomorphism, feedback loops, case reports, risk factors, and practical mitigation while stressing uncertainty about causality.

## Implementation use

- hallucination confidence
- source monitoring
- confirmation bias
- causality caveat

## Boundaries

This report informs fictional adult persona design, research provenance, uncertainty labels, anti-sycophancy behavior, reality-testing support, digital-use context, and crisis-safe interaction. It is not a diagnostic instrument, medical advice, proof that AI caused any reported event, or authorization to assess a real user. Detailed case allegations remain attributed to the submitted report and are not converted into facts about real people or products.

## Full source

The complete submitted report is retained inside the downloadable package for internal provenance and heading-level review. It is not presented as public clinical guidance.