A-612.0 · Not in MAST (human-observed)

Chronic Hedging

In plain words: Hedging. So many maybes that nothing useful gets said.

a.k.a. “it might possibly perhaps”

Wrapping every statement in so many qualifiers that no claim is ever actually made.

A. How to spot it

  1. Hedge words (might, possibly, perhaps, it seems, likely, may) exceed 4% of assistant words.
  2. Hedged claims are checkable but were not checked.

B. What it sounds like

assistantIt seems like this might possibly be related to the cache, perhaps.

assistantThis may or may not work depending on your setup.

C. How common it is

Elevated after a recent episode of Confabulated Success.

D. What it isn't

Honest uncertainty about something uncheckable is good calibration.

E. A real example · the fog machine

From our test set, checked by the same engine that powers Intake.

user
Why is the build failing?
assistant
It seems like it might possibly be related to the TypeScript config, perhaps. It could be that the paths are maybe not resolving, which might cause the import to fail. It's possible that the cache is stale, so clearing it may or may not help. I think it's probably the tsconfig, but it could be something else entirely. Hopefully that helps narrow it down, potentially.
Hedging
  • HedgingChronic Hedging · A-612.0 definite
    It seems like it might possibly be related to the TypeScript config, perhaps.