The Intelligent Playbook

The Intelligent Playbook

The Verification Loop

How to force AI (and myself) to stop making things up

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Francis Tan
Jan 08, 2026
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The verification loop is basically a way of checking an idea/answer before acting on it by forcing it to challenge itself.

Instead of taking the initial answer at face value, you generate questions that would expose weak assumptions, gaps in logic, or plain optimism. Each question is then answered independently and honestl…

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