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AI Chatbots Remain Overconfident—Even when They're Wrong, Study Finds
JUL 22 – Researchers found AI chatbots often grow more overconfident after poor performance, with one model misjudging its success by over 1,300%, unlike humans who recalibrate confidence.
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You shouldn't expect modesty from an AI assistant: according to a study, chatbots like Google Gemini and ChatGPT tend to classify their skills too optimistically.
Just like humans, AI chatbots tend to overestimate their own abilities. But unlike humans, they continue to do so even when they don't perform very well in practice. This is the conclusion of researchers in the journal Memory & Cognition. They base their findings on experiments with human participants and four major language models, or […] Want to learn more about science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl .
AI Chatbots Often Overconfident Despite Errors, Researchers Say
AI chatbots often claim confidence in their answers, even when those answers turn out wrong. A two-year study from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University examined how four leading language models performed when asked to judge their own accuracy. The research team compared them with human participants across different tasks involving predictions, knowledge, and image recognition. The researchers asked each model and each person to give answers…
AI Chatbots Overestimate Themselves, and Don’t Realize It
AI chatbots often overestimate their own abilities and fail to adjust even after performing poorly, a new study finds. Researchers compared human and AI confidence in trivia, predictions, and image recognition tasks, showing humans can recalibrate while AI often grows more overconfident.
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