The Fibbits
Tuva, looking suspicious

We caught the AI

The Fibbits are written with AI. Here's how we keep the true ones true, and every time it slipped anyway.

How a day is checked

  1. 1One AI writes the day. It picks a topic, writes five statements, marks one as the fib and finds a source for each true one.
  2. 2A second AI checks it blind. It gets the five statements without being told which one is false, and checks every one against its source.
  3. 3Only a perfect match goes out. The day is published only if the checker finds exactly one false statement, and it's the marked fib.
  4. 4Anything uncertain is replaced. If the checker isn't sure about a statement, that statement is rewritten and checked again from the start.
  5. 5You can still catch us. If you spot a mistake anyway, we correct the answer and the slip goes on the list below.

Who fibs is drawn by code, not by the AI. A small program picks the fibber at random and writes every draw to a log. That log is also where the counts on the Fibbits page come from.

The list

Nothing yet. Spot a mistake? Tell us in the comments on @thefibbitsand you might be the first one here.