self-correcting
adjective
self-cor·rect·ing
ˌself-kə-ˈrek-tiŋ 
: correcting or compensating for one's own errors or weaknesses
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For anyone wondering who will watch the watchmen, Musk claimed the system would be self-correcting thanks to his decision to open his programming code up for public scrutiny.
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Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2023
Facebook and Google use machine learning as the analytic engine of a self-correcting system, which continually updates its understanding of the data depending on whether its predictions succeed or fail.
—Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2022
Since the first warning systems were set up in November, the state has recorded 22 alarms, resulting in several drivers self-correcting, according to officials.
—Steve Leblanc, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Feb. 2023
Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2023
Facebook and Google use machine learning as the analytic engine of a self-correcting system, which continually updates its understanding of the data depending on whether its predictions succeed or fail.
—Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2022
Since the first warning systems were set up in November, the state has recorded 22 alarms, resulting in several drivers self-correcting, according to officials.
—Steve Leblanc, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Feb. 2023
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“Self-correcting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-correcting. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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