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id: ins_aayush-kumar-ai-honesty-over-pretending
title: "AI models should be honest about what they don't know instead of pretending"
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# AI models should be honest about what they don't know instead of pretending

## Claim
Can we normalise AI models just saying 'Nahi aata maalik'? Because pretending to know everything helps no one.

## Mechanism
When an AI confidently generates incorrect or irrelevant output, it wastes user time and erodes trust. A simple 'I don't know' or 'I can't do that' would be more useful and honest.