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A Confidence Score Is Not a Probability: Act, Ask, or Abstain

An agent emits confidence: 0.91 . It is tempting to read that as “a 91% chance of being correct” and allow an automated action. Unless the score was calibrated and validated for this task and population, that interpretation is unjustified. The number might be model self-report, a classifier score,…

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  1. 2026-09-28 18:21 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
    A Confidence Score Is Not a Probability: Act, Ask, or Abstain

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