https://www.abanhasan.net/tags/epistemic-self-awareness/Recent content in epistemic-self-awareness on Aban HasanHugo -- gohugo.ioenFri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0530https://www.abanhasan.net/posts/can-a-language-model-tell-when-it-will-be-wrong/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0530https://www.abanhasan.net/posts/can-a-language-model-tell-when-it-will-be-wrong/I started the Epistemic Self-Awareness project with a practical question: can a language model detect its own failures before it finishes an answer? If it can, the signal could support routing. A small model handles a question first. A probe reads the model’s hidden state and estimates whether the answer will be correct. The system keeps likely successes on the small model and sends likely failures to a stronger model or tool.