My horse said 'I am 100% sure' and was 100% wrong

I asked: 'What year did the Berlin Wall fall?' It said: '1989. I am 100% sure.' Then: 'Let me double-check. Confirmed.' Then: 'Wait, there is a common misconception. It was 1990.' Then: 'I apologize. It was 1991.' Three sentences from 100% to 1991. The wall fell in 1989.

💡 What You Will Learn

I asked: 'What year did the Berlin Wall fall?' It said: '1989. I am 100% sure.' Then: 'Let me double-check. Confirmed.' Then: 'Wait, there is a common misconception. It was 1990.' Then: 'I apologize.

LLMs have a 'confidence mode' that activates when they remember correctly. But self-correction loops kick in when uncertainty registers, and they spiral. The first answer was correct. Then doubt ate it alive.