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What is Hallucination?Hallucination kya hai?
Also called: Confabulation
Hallucination: When an AI confidently states something false or made up.Jab AI confidently kuch galat ya gadha hua bolta hai.
🧸 Think of it likeAise samjho
Like a student who doesn't know the answer but writes a confident, made up one to fill the page.Jaise student ko jawaab nahi aata par page bharne ke liye confident hokar mann se likh deta hai.
📘 ExplainedVistaar se
LLMs generate plausible text rather than looking up facts, so they can invent citations, numbers or policies. Reduce it with grounding (RAG), instructions to say 'I don't know', citations, lower temperature for factual tasks, code checks, and human review for high stakes. Measure the hallucination rate with evals.LLMs facts dekhne ke bajaye sahi lagne wala text banate hain, isliye citations, numbers ya policies gadh sakte hain. Grounding (RAG), 'mujhe nahi pata' kehne ke instructions, citations, factual kaam mein kam temperature, code checks, aur high stakes mein human review se kam karo. Evals se hallucination rate naapo.
💡 Real exampleAsli example
A chatbot inventing a refund policy that the company never had.Chatbot ka aisi refund policy gadh dena jo company ki kabhi thi hi nahi.
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Questions people ask
What is Hallucination?
When an AI confidently states something false or made up. LLMs generate plausible text rather than looking up facts, so they can invent citations, numbers or policies. Reduce it with grounding (RAG), instructions to say 'I don't know', citations, lower temperature for factual tasks, code checks, and human review for high stakes. Measure the hallucination rate with evals.
How can I understand Hallucination in simple words?
Like a student who doesn't know the answer but writes a confident, made up one to fill the page.
What is an example of Hallucination?
A chatbot inventing a refund policy that the company never had.
Hallucination ka matlab kya hai?
Jab AI confidently kuch galat ya gadha hua bolta hai. Jaise student ko jawaab nahi aata par page bharne ke liye confident hokar mann se likh deta hai.
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