Confident Liar

In this worksheet, students read a passage titled The Confident Liar: When AI Sounds Sure but Isn’t and answer comprehension questions that test their understanding of how artificial intelligence can generate confident yet incorrect information. The passage explains the concept of AI hallucination and encourages students to think critically about truth and accuracy in technology-generated responses. Students engage with both literal and inferential questions that prompt them to distinguish between confidence and correctness. The activity builds comprehension, reasoning, and media literacy by helping learners evaluate the reliability of digital information. Through guided questioning, students learn to approach AI-generated answers with skepticism and curiosity.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Reading Informational Text: Key Ideas and Details

English Language Arts – Critical Thinking and Analysis of Media

Technology Literacy – Understanding Artificial Intelligence Concepts

English Language Arts – Evaluating Author’s Purpose and Tone

This worksheet is part of our AI Hallucination collection.