Truth and falsehood in the age of AI 


NOT long ago, while reading through a batch of student essays, one particular line caused me to pause. The student wrote, quite confidently, “MRI scans are considered safer than CT scans because they use lower levels of radiation.”

At first glance, the sentence seemed entirely acceptable. But something was not quite right. MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) does not use ionising radiation at all.

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