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Evaluation
Evaluation as engineering—graders, evidence, and replacing false certainty.
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Illustration for A judge is evidence, not truthJudges supply evidence
11 minA judge is evidence, not truth
Graders provide scored evidence about judgment quality, they do not constitute ground truth unless validated, scoped, and calibrated.
Illustration for Evaluation replaces certaintyShip with tests, not hope
12 minEvaluation replaces certainty
Thoughtware systems operate under continuous evaluation, replacing pretend certainty from demos with monitored evidence and abstention when eval fails.