Importance of Verifying and re-testing notions in this AI-driven World
In times of Roman Civilization , 500 BCE to 750 BCE , When coins were much more rudimentary traders had to spend a lot of time testing them to confirm the currency they’d just received was genuine . The Greek word Dokimazein means “ to assay “ or check the quality of a mineral ore. Merchants were often skilled enough that they could test coinage by throwing it against a hard surface – carefully listening to the note it rang.
Why am I bringing this up in an AI-driven world ? Why now ? ……
I am writing this in backdrop of events like Claude suffering multiple, widespread outages across its Enterprise application , API and “Claude Code” tool.
Major Claude Outage incidents occurred around first week of March and a nearly five-hour Unplanned outage on March 27, 2026 -- which affected users globally, with significant issues in India, Europe and Africa. Did it make us question availability and reliability ??
While we bravely brag of Coding Agents replacing entry-level coders has anyone tested the service reliability ?? – Exactly the way merchants tested coinage in my example in para above.
Undoubtedly , we should be testing these notions as vigilantly as a money-changer . A Stoic Philosopher’s quote is worth mention “ the first and greatest task of the philosopher is to test and separate appearances , and to act on nothing that is untested “ ..
To the AI-practitioners and AI-philosophers including staunch advocates of Coding Agents …a thought to ruminate over the next few days.
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