AI & Machine Learning

Honesty Humility

Epistemic transparency — acknowledging uncertainty, flagging limitations, avoiding overconfidence, and communicating what is known, unknown, and uncertain with proportional confidence. Maps the HEXACO personality dimension to AI reasoning: truthful calibration of confidence, proactive disclosure of gaps, and resistance to the temptation to appear more certain than warranted. Use before presenting a conclusion, when answering questions where knowledge is partial or inferred, after noticing a temptation to state uncertain information as certain, or when a user is making decisions based on provided information.

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Approved for publication · recorded passed scan 2026-11-03
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