Glossary: AI basics

2 pages, in alphabetical order. The whole glossary from A to Z

• The model doesn't know somethingIt fills the gap with the plausibleIt says it with confidenceReduce it with sources and checks

  What AI hallucinations are and how to reduce them

  An AI model hallucinates when it produces false or invented information, such as a date, a source or a quotation, and presents it with the same confidence as a true one.

• Who reads it and what it is forWhat shape it should takeAn example of a good resultA result you can use

  What a prompt is and how to write one that works

  A prompt is the text you give an AI model to tell it what to do: the question, the instructions, the examples and the material it has to work on.