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Nine robot judges sit behind a bench, all holding up answer B, under the heading Nine AI judges vote. Below, an approximately-equals sign and two robot judges: worth about 2 independent judges, because of the same internet, same homework, same mistakes. At the bottom, a question, When all nine agree, how often are they wrong?, answered by two bars: these nine, 9.1%, and nine independent judges, 0.02%, a sliver.

Nine Judges, Two Votes

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Nine AI judges vote: nine robots behind a bench, every one holding up B.

≈ worth about 2 independent judges. Same internet, same homework, same mistakes.

When all nine agree, how often are they wrong? These nine: 9.1%. Nine independent judges: 0.02%.