Tagged “troubleshooting”
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Why Can't the AI Find Something That's In My Document?
Usually one of three things: it never read that text, your wording missed the search step, or the question needs the whole file instead of a passage.
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Why Does the AI Give a Different Answer Every Time I Ask?
Two things vary: how the answer gets worded, and which sources got retrieved. Wording changes are normal. Facts that change are a warning sign.
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Why Is My AI Assistant Giving Outdated Answers?
Usually one of three causes: it answered from training memory, an old document is still indexed, or the index hasn't caught up with your edits.
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When Does RAG Give Wrong Answers?
RAG fails when it retrieves the wrong passages, the documents are wrong, or the model ignores what it read. The main failure modes, in plain English.
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How Do I Know If an AI Answer Is Accurate?
You check the source, not the tone. Fluency tells you nothing — but a citation you can open tells you almost everything.
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Does RAG Stop AI Hallucinations?
It reduces them substantially but never eliminates them. RAG replaces guessing with reading — and adds a new way to be wrong from a real source.
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Why Do AI Chatbots Make Things Up?
Because they generate plausible text rather than looking facts up. A chatbot with no source guesses fluently, and a fluent guess sounds like a fact.