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How Sure is Your AI?
LLMs are probabilistic systems that generate likely answers based on patterns, which makes them fluent but not always correct. They can confidently produce wrong outputs because they don't retrieve truth, they predict it. That works for writing, brainstorming, and conversation, but breaks in high-stakes use cases. Deterministic systems fix consistency but still need verification to ensure correctness. The emerging direction is hybrid models where LLMs generate and formal systems verify. As AI moves into areas like biotech and cyber, “probably right” is no longer enough.
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