AI Rookies

Adversarial Example

Fact

A tiny planned input change made to trick a model into a wrong answer.

In Plain Words

It is like a tiny smudge on a barcode. You see cereal, but the scanner sees a lawn mower.

People use adversarial examples in safety tests. They show how easily recognition models can be fooled.

Related Concepts

Computer Vision
Adversarial examples are a classic way to fool image recognition models.

AI sandbox
An AI sandbox lets people test adversarial examples in a safe space.

Alignment
Adversarial examples show weak spots in model stability and safety alignment.

Prompt injection
Both try to trick a model, but one changes input and one changes instructions.