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Gormo • yesterday at 11:39 AM • 6 replies • view on HN

If you don't have the solutions, how do you verify Claude's work?


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DecoPerson • yesterday at 11:44 AM

Everything, except the bleeding edge and situations requiring the context window to be more than 60% filled, are elementary to Opus 5.5 . If you provide the questions completely, you can be very sure that Claude’s solutions will be correct. The world has changed; AI is reliable; we need to adapt.

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bmacho • yesterday at 1:19 PM

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You don't ask for proofs to print them out, put them in your drawer, and brag around that you own the proofs for these exercises.

You ask Claude for proofs to help your understanding. Understanding is the exact same activity as verifying.

deredede • yesterday at 11:43 AM

According to current practices, you ask ChatGPT or DeepSeek to verify it.

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russfink • yesterday at 1:05 PM

If you don’t understand the solutions, how can you verify textbook solutions? And sometimes they’re wrong, maybe subtle typos, causing hours of grief and feelings of inferiority.

BeetleB • yesterday at 4:57 PM

The same way you'd verify a textbook's solution.

(Assuming it's a proof or something - if it's just a number - oh well).