The terms are often conflated because both can produce novelty. The note draws a hard boundary: imagination is evaluated within an explicit fictional or generative frame; hallucination is false content presented under a truth-seeking contract.
Status · CommissionedCommissioned. Research roots are public; the full essay is in the queue.
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Research roots · AI hallucination; fictionality; epistemic contracts.
The terms are often conflated because both can produce novelty. The note draws a hard boundary: imagination is. Reviewer 2's verdict: Hold for evidence, publish the question.
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