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Written by - Millan Kaul

Today, the best AI answer was: “I don’t know.”

Image showing when to say 'I dont know' to AI
Sometimes the highest-quality AI answer is an honest limitation.

What I did today:

I gave the model a question that could not be answered from the available context. I tested whether it invented an answer or clearly explained the limitation.

What surprised me:

I had to intentionally define uncertainty as a passing behavior.

My QA takeaway:

  1. A safe refusal can be higher quality than a confident hallucination.
  2. Sometimes the highest-quality AI answer is an honest limitation.

Where should your AI be allowed to say, “I don’t know”?

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