Module 4 · Do the work — and keep your judgement Lesson 15 of 15
The limits: hallucination, privacy and honesty
These tools predict plausible text. That means they can be confidently wrong, invent a citation that looks real, and cannot keep a secret you paste into them. Never paste passwords, ID or bank numbers, medical details, or somebody else's private data. Check every fact, number and citation against a real source, and be honest about how you used the tool.
The concept
These tools predict plausible text. That means they can be confidently wrong, invent a citation that looks real, and cannot keep a secret you paste into them. Never paste passwords, Aadhaar or bank numbers, medical details, or anybody else's private data. Check every fact, number and citation against a real source, and be honest about how you used the tool — because the work you submit has your name on it.
Then do the part no tool can do for you: open the source. Sometimes it exists and says what you were told. Sometimes the link is invented, and the number is close enough to real to fool a reader. That check — asking "where did this come from?" and actually looking — is the whole habit.
Give me one recent statistic about fresher hiring in India, with the
source and the date it was published.Common mistakes
The mistake is treating a fluent answer as a verified one. Fluency is what these tools are best at; truth is what you still have to bring. When a number decides a decision, or a claim goes on your resume, find it in a primary source first.
Worked example
Give me one recent statistic about fresher hiring with the source and the date. Then open the source yourself — sometimes it is real, and sometimes the link is invented, and knowing which is the habit this lesson is teaching.
Your practice task
Take one confident claim a tool made to you, find a real source that supports or disproves it, and write one line on what you found.
Do this before moving on. Reading a solution teaches the shape of it; typing it teaches you.
Key takeaway
These tools predict plausible text.
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