# Ungrounded Generation

> Generating output from a model alone without grounding it in retrieved facts, inviting hallucination.

Record: `lexicon:ungrounded-generation`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-ungrounded-generation

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Unapproved Model Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/unapproved-model-deployment.md) and before [Unguarded Model Autonomy](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/unguarded-model-autonomy.md).

## Category

- [Model Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/model-architecture.md)

## Negated by

- [Retrieval-Augmented Generation](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/retrieval-augmented-generation.md)

## Linked from

- [Model Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-model-architecture.md)