Lesson 01 of 09

How AI Actually "Knows" Things (and When It Lies)

Understand why language models hallucinate confident, plausible falsehoods — and where the risk is highest. You'll leave with a one-page mental model of when to trust AI, when to verify, and when to never ask it at all, so you stop being fooled the way most students are.

⏱ 50 min
Video coming soon
The written lesson is below. Video walkthrough publishes shortly.

Understand why language models hallucinate confident, plausible falsehoods — and where the risk is highest. You'll leave with a one-page mental model of when to trust AI, when to verify, and when to never ask it at all, so you stop being fooled the way most students are.

The full video walkthrough is coming soon. In the meantime, this lesson covers the technique from first principles, with a worked example and a concrete deliverable you can add to your portfolio.