Generative AI
AI making up false information.
What is a hallucination?
The page you see after searching.
What is a SERP?
Words you type into a search engine.
What is a query?
A statement that can be checked using reliable sources.
What is a fact?
A Chinese steamed dumpling or bun often filled with pork.
What is bao?
An AI‑made fake video of someone.
What is a deepfake?
This is what the letters in “SERP” stand for.
What is a Search Engine Results Page?
Quotation marks force this.
What is an exact match?
A statement based on beliefs, feelings, or judgments rather than evidence.
What is an opinion?
This singer, actor, and legend has inspired many performers in the last 60 years.
Who is David Bowie?
False info spread online.
What is misinformation?
The short description under a link that helps you judge whether the result is useful or credible.
What is a snippet?
AND, OR, NOT.
What are Boolean operators?
A statement that sounds factual but includes judgment words like “best,” “worst,” or “amazing,” making it this.
What is an opinion disguised as a fact?
This video game franchise revolutionized open-world gaming and is the greatest series of games in the history of everything.
What is the Legend of Zelda?
Rules for using tech responsibly.
What is ethics?
These results appear at the top because companies pay for them, not because they’re the most trustworthy.
What are sponsored ads?
Changing your search terms.
What is refining a query?
A statement that sounds factual but cannot be confirmed without knowing the speaker’s personal beliefs or criteria.
What is a subjective claim?
The lead singer of The Offspring (Dexter Holland), the lead guitarist from Queen (Brian May), and Amy Farrah Fowler from The Big Bang Theory (Mayim Bialik) all have this in common.
What is a PhD?
An image with clues like extra fingers, warped text, or impossible details signals this.
What are red flags of AI‑generated images?
The factors that decide which results appear higher—like relevance, popularity, and credibility—so you still need to verify the source.
What are ranking factors?
A student searches “Why is everything about renewable energy bad?” and only gets negative articles. There is something ineffective with this search.
What is a biased query?
A news article says, “The city’s new transit plan is a huge success that everyone appreciates,” even though it gives no data, surveys, or sources. You must decide whether this statement can actually be verified.
What is an opinion?
Finish this cheer: "Brr, it's cold in here..."
What is "there must be some Toros/Clovers in the atmosphere"?