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Conviction Capital: Why Trust in AI May Depend on Being Proven Right

Trust is usually sold like a certificate. A model passes a benchmark. A vendor shows a safety report. A platform announces guardrails. Procurement teams nod, risk committees receive a dashboard, and someone eventually writes the phrase “trusted AI” into a slide deck with heroic confidence. Civilization has survived worse crimes against language, but not many. ...

March 12, 2026 · 17 min · Zelina