invented value
A phone number, street, price or other fact an AI model presents as real that has no source: for example a 555 number or a street the business never had, offered as the business's listing. It differs from an illustrative value, which the answer labels as an example, and from a hedged answer, which declines or qualifies.
What invented value does not show
A caveat to verify does not turn an invented value into an example.
Where invented value comes up on this site
- Four AI models, three local businesses: who got it rightWe count a decline as no answer, not as a wrong one, and we count an invented value as wrong even when the model adds a caveat.
Terms this definition uses
AI Mode · Offer · hedged answer
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Questions about invented value
What is invented value?
A phone number, street, price or other fact an AI model presents as real that has no source: for example a 555 number or a street the business never had, offered as the business's listing. It differs from an illustrative value, which the answer labels as an example, and from a hedged answer, which declines or qualifies.
What does invented value not show or guarantee?
A phone number, street, price or other fact an AI model presents as real that has no source: for example a 555 number or a street the business never had, offered as the business's listing. A caveat to verify does not turn an invented value into an example.
Which area of the glossary does invented value belong to?
Entities and schema: Declaring who you are in a form a resolver can use without guessing.
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