AI Associate AI Fundamentals Practice Question
What is the term for when an AI model produces confident but incorrect information, often in generative AI?
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Hallucination
Hallucination refers to when a generative AI model fabricates information that seems plausible but is false.
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Bias
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Bias is systematic prejudice in outputs, not necessarily confident falsehoods.
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Overfitting
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Overfitting is a training issue, not a generative output error.
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Hallucination
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Hallucination describes the generation of false information presented as fact.
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Underfitting
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Underfitting is when a model fails to capture patterns, not specifically about false information.
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