Why teachers should stop calling AI’s mistakes ‘hallucinations’

Although an essay can be generated by artificial intelligence tools, the result may have several factual errors. It is crucial for schools and districts to communicate to both teachers and students the necessity of inspection in a manner that does not reinforce preexisting biases within these systems. —Image by freepik

Artificial intelligence tools can produce an essay on the migratory patterns of waterfowl or US President Barack Obama's K-12 education agenda in seconds – but the work might be riddled with factual errors.

Those inaccuracies are commonly known as "hallucinations" in computer science speak – but education technology experts are trying to steer away from that term.