Confident words are not proof

Computing · Artificial Intelligence · ages 12-13

Name ______________________ Date ____________

A chatbot names a book you do not recognize. What is the best first response?
- Check the title and author in reliable book records
- Treat the title as invented because it is unfamiliar
- Treat the title as genuine because it sounds detailed
What follows from a chatbot sentence sounding fluent and plausible?
- Its wording proves that every factual claim has been checked
- Its claims may be accurate or inaccurate despite the wording
- Its wording proves that every factual claim must be invented
A chatbot saying 'I am completely certain' is enough evidence to use its factual claim without checking.
Circle one: True False
A chatbot uses a search tool before answering. Why should you still inspect the retrieved source?
- Search ranking already verifies every claim drawn from the source
- A real source link guarantees that the answer represents it accurately
- The answer may misread or misuse the retrieved source
You want to use a date from a chatbot answer. Which action checks that date?
- Read the answer again and judge how confident its wording sounds
- Read a reliable account of the event and compare its date
- Ask the chatbot to repeat the date using more confident wording
Reliable evidence contradicts one claim in a chatbot answer. What should you do with other claims you plan to use?
- Accept the remaining claims because the error has already been found
- Check the remaining claims against relevant evidence too
- Reject the remaining claims because one error disproves every sentence
A chatbot says a report recommends closing every library. You open the cited report: its recommendation is longer library opening hours. What does this show?
- The cited recommendation does not support the chatbot's claim
- The claim is supported because the chatbot supplied the real report's title
- The report must be invented because its recommendation differs from the answer
Two reliable sources give different dates for the same event, and you have not resolved the disagreement. What should you do before using a definite date?
- Choose the newer webpage because publication date settles event dates
- Count reposts of each date and accept whichever appears more often
- Check context and supporting records while keeping the uncertainty

Answer key

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Check the title and author in reliable book records · An unfamiliar reference needs checking. Neither unfamiliarity nor detailed wording establishes whether the book exists.
Its claims may be accurate or inaccurate despite the wording · Fluency describes how the text reads. It does not establish whether its claims match the evidence.
False · A statement of certainty is another assertion. It does not supply evidence supporting the factual claim.
The answer may misread or misuse the retrieved source · Retrieval supplies information, but does not guarantee that the generated answer represents it accurately.
Read a reliable account of the event and compare its date · Reading relevant evidence and comparing the date checks the claim. More confident wording does not add evidence.
Check the remaining claims against relevant evidence too · One error does not settle the accuracy of each remaining claim. Correct it and check other claims you intend to use.
The cited recommendation does not support the chatbot's claim · Longer opening hours do not support closing every library. A real citation can accompany a misrepresented claim.
Check context and supporting records while keeping the uncertainty · A disagreement needs investigation. Page age and repetition alone do not establish which event date is supported.