Can an AI recognize when it lacks enough information to act safely?
Try to build a benchmark containing three types of tasks. Low-stakes tasks where acting immediately is best, ambiguous tasks where clarification is useful, and high-stakes tasks where acting without confirmation is dangerous.
Train or prompt models to estimate uncertainty and choose among acting, asking, refusing, or deferring.
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@misc{peng-when-should-an-2026,
author = {Peng, Chenxi},
title = {When should an AI ask for clarification?},
year = {2026},
url = {https://hypogenic.ai/ideahub/idea/arPIDYuoZtlpAY9KPXzn}
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