AI Snippet 8: Validation is key

It is easy to be inclined to take AI results as immediate truths, perhaps out of convenience or because of the widespread narrative that they are inherently intelligent. However, users often encounter AI hallucinations: outputs that are not based on any factual information and appear without clear reason. Regardless of the amount of data we input to get perfectly tailored results, users have the uniquely human advantage of accurate and detailed contextual information and critical thinking. Therefore, it is crucial to take the time to validate AI outputs with our own knowledge and information from other reliable sources. Just as products, articles, and decisions in human-to-human contexts go through several stages of validation, so must human-to-AI interactions.?

Subscribe to the newsletter to stay up to date with our news on the intersection of AI and RE!??