PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 15: DEPLOY NOW, PRAY LATER The Third Axis

"Human programmers can struggle to recognise incorrect LLM-generated assertions even when they feel confident in their judgments."

In an experiment involving 86 Python programmers, Kaufman and colleagues found 74% accuracy when evaluating correct generated assertions but only 49% when evaluating incorrect ones. Similar confidence across both conditions demonstrates a practical obstacle to relying on human inspection without stronger verification methods.

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