Déjà Vu and AI Hallucinations: When Familiarity Becomes False Memory
Déjà vu may be more than a glitch in human memory—it may be a warning about artificial intelligence. Both the brain and generative AI can mistake familiarity for truth, completing patterns without reliable evidence. As synthetic media begins to reshape photographs, testimony, and collective memory, the most dangerous AI hallucination may not be a false answer, but a past that never happened.