Prof. Mollick: Lack of Verifiability in LLMs Is Real but Overstated
emollick · x · 2026-08-02
Ethan Mollick, a professor at the Wharton School, argues that while the lack of verifiable answers in many fields is a genuine issue for LLMs, it is often overstated.
He observes that as models improve in formal domains like math and coding, they are simultaneously getting better at handling less-verifiable, complex domains.
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