DAY 8 / 210
Triangulation Rules to Cut LLM Hallucinations
Phase-1-eval centers on cheap reliable signals before any pipeline work. Triangulation from two independent sources is the lowest-overhead way to surface hallucinations and build a personal verification habit that compounds across later weeks.
⏱ 45 min target📝 3 quiz Qs
Resources
- 25 minreadingarXivChain-of-Verification Reduces Hallucination in Large Language Models
Abstract and Sections 1-3
- 15 minreadingCB InsightsFact-Checking and Source Triangulation Best Practices
Market research verification sections
Deliverable
Journal entry containing one sketched triangulation rule plus a two-source verification example
Quiz · 3 questions
1. What is the primary goal of triangulation when evaluating LLM outputs?
2. Write a one-sentence triangulation rule that could be applied to any factual claim from an LLM.
3. Why is triangulation described as the cheapest hallucination cut compared with fine-tuning or retrieval pipelines?