AI hallucinations: when confident answers go wrong 🧠⚠️

AI hallucinations are real — and they catch people off guard.

I’ve been using AI daily for work for a long time now, so I’m used to its strengths and its limits.

But recently, I noticed something interesting.

A few family members and friends — smart, capable professionals — started using AI more seriously.

And almost all of them hit the same wall.

They asked a reasonable question.

The answer sounded confident.

It was written well.

And it was… wrong.

That moment tends to be frustrating, sometimes even a deal-breaker.

Not because the mistake was catastrophic, but because it breaks trust.

Here’s how I think about hallucinations:

Once you internalize that, hallucinations stop being shocking — and start being manageable.

In my own work, I reduce the risk by:

AI is a powerful thinking partner.

But it’s not a source of truth — and pretending it is usually backfires.

I’m curious:

Have you personally run into an AI hallucination that caused confusion, wasted time, or a real problem?

Or have you developed a habit that helps you catch them early?

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