Confidence ≠ Evidence
How sure an answer sounds tells you nothing about whether it is true. AI writes the most likely-sounding answer.
In practice
A made-up law quoted with a year and a section number.
Where students meet it
Confidence ≠ Evidence is taught in Lesson 13, Trust But Verify: AI Hallucinations & Fact-Checking, part of the Ethics & Trust unit of the AI Explorers course for kids. Soleil is the guide for that lesson, and it is one of 8 terms in the unit.
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Knowing the word is the start
Confidence ≠ Evidence is one of 54 terms students meet across 16 video lessons that teach them to direct AI rather than just use it.