Lesson 1198 of 1234
AI and Telling the Truth
AI sometimes makes up answers that sound right but aren't true.
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What this lesson covers
Learning path
The main moves in order
- 1The big idea
- 2truth
- 3made-up
- 4checking
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Section 1
The big idea
AI guesses words that sound good together. Sometimes the guess is right, but sometimes AI invents facts that are totally wrong. Grown-ups call this 'hallucinating.' That means you have to check important answers in a book, on a real website, or by asking an adult.
Some examples
- AI says a dinosaur lived in your backyard — that's not true.
- AI gives a fake author for a real book.
- AI makes up a math rule that doesn't exist.
- AI tells a confident answer to a question it doesn't know.
Try it!
Ask an AI a fact about your favorite animal. Then look it up in a book or on a kids' science site. Did AI get it right?
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