AI hallucination can be turned into a pedagogical resource by making verification and collaborative fact evaluation integral to AI-supported learning¶

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q1 i? Awareness of hallucination can itself become a pedagogical resource, making verification, source-checking and collaborative fact evaluation integral rather than optional components of AI-supported learning. → Laura Desiree Di Paolo 2026

Evidence¶

Laura Desiree Di Paolo 2026¶

Laura Desiree Di Paolo, Andy Clark & Thomas Wachter. (2026). Educating minds with generative AI. Communications Psychology 4:128. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-026-00522-8

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Theoretical argument in the Confabulations section: learners lack the background knowledge for independent verification and may struggle to distinguish accurate from spurious content delivered with equal authority, so schools must reconfigure how epistemic trust, responsibility and accountability are distributed across teachers, learners and tools.

"awareness of hallucination can itself become a pedagogical resource, making verification, source-checking, and— importantly - collaborative fact evaluation integral rather than optional componentsof AI-supported learning"

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