Formal Verification for Non-Mathematicians: How Do You Prove an AI Agent Won't Do Something Stupid?
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Formal verification sounds more intimidating than it is.
The phrase brings to mind whiteboards full of symbols, graduate seminars, and the kind of math that makes normal people quietly leave the room. But the core idea is not exotic. It is almost painfully practical.
Formal verification asks: can this system reach a state we said must never happen?
That is the whole heart of it.