Maths: when Models Make Mistakes, or Understanding the Limits of Ai

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“How can we help students understand the link between mathematical modeling and the statistical prediction of a Large Language Model (LLM)?” asks Julien Durand, a mathematics teacher. He proposes an activity that explores the limits of artificial intelligence. This work highlights its “hallucinations” in the face of common sense. Specifically, students receive a table of data without context. They create a graph and fill in missing values. The p…