← All six AI literacy mysteries

The Hamster Is Apparently Everywhere

The AI has found Beans 43 times. Beans remains missing.

What this case teaches

Classification thresholds, false positives, and base rates

What you do

Adjust a detection threshold and watch hamster-shaped nonsense multiply

The lesson

A confidence threshold changes both what the model catches and how much nonsense it creates.

Other cases

• The Pepper Mystery
• Grandpa Is Not at the Lake
• The Principal Did Not Cancel Pajama Day

These mysteries are the free, playable version of the thinking skills taught in AI workshops for teams at My AI Evolution. AI training in Central Florida and remote.