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Self-consistency probing

Ask the same question multiple times (or multiple ways) and measure how often the answers agree.

Published June 26, 2026

How it works

A confident model that gives different answers to the same question is unreliable regardless of which answer is right. Sampling repeatedly and measuring agreement turns stochasticity into a quantitative reliability signal, and disagreement pinpoints questions the model doesn't actually 'know'.

When to use it

Reliability assessment; flagging low-confidence outputs; calibration studies.

Limitations

Consistent does not mean correct — a model can be reliably wrong.

Cite this

Qlarify Labs. (2026). Self-consistency probing. Retrieved from https://labs.qlarify.fi/catalog/self-consistency-probing