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Why should an AI model's viewer avoid hardcoded fallback content?

An AI model's viewer must never create content that looks like it was written for a specific question. All hints, feedback, and other text must come directly from the question data. If the data is missing, the viewer must show nothing.

By Pawan Nayar · from the LLOS AI Learning record

The rule

An AI model's viewer must never create content that looks like it was written for a specific question.

All hints, feedback, and other text must come directly from the question data. If the data is missing, the viewer must show nothing.

Hardcoded fallback content can make the AI model seem unintelligent. It can show text that does not fit the specific question. This makes the user lose trust in the AI model. It is better to show no content than to show wrong content. The viewer's job is to display data, not to invent it.

A developer creates an AI model that helps students learn English. The model's viewer shows a hint: 'Try each word with 'the' in front.' This hint is hardcoded. A student gets a question about the sentence 'Aarav fixed his broken bicycle.' The hint appears. The student sees that 'the' is not in the sentence. The student thinks the AI model is broken or not smart.

Words you'll need

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