Week 2 · Tuesday, September 29, 2026 · 9:30 to 11:00 AM
Asking AI Questions: Research and the Problem of Made-Up Facts
Use AI to find things out and answer questions from documents, and learn why it sometimes invents convincing but fake sources.
What we cover
- How AI can read a long document or article and answer your questions about it in seconds.
- Why it sometimes bluffs, inventing quotes, citations, or facts that look completely real, and how to catch it.
Hands-on
Using your phone or laptop, you will ask an AI tool a few real research questions and have it answer from a document, then we will fact-check its replies together and hunt for any made-up details.
Try it
For the hands-on part of class. The class code is on the card at your seat.
Revise:
Further reading (optional)
One article or short video, added after class.