Generative AI at Work / Unit 1 GAI 005 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Fluent Is Not True
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The idea
Fluency and accuracy are separate properties of generated text; NIST notes that the same statistical prediction produces accurate outputs and inaccurate or inconsistent ones.
In practice
Two polished paragraphs about a policy, equally confident in tone: one correct, one wrong about the deadline.
Where people slip
Polish is evidence of the model's skill with language, not of the content's accuracy.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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