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You'll find this word showing up in discussions of eyewitness testimony at crime scenes, of lie detectors, and of critical airplane parts. Some of us are most familiar with the fallibility of memory, especially when we remember something clearly that turns out never to have happened. Being fallible is part of being human, and sometimes the biggest errors are made by those who are thought of as the most brilliant of all.
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Two humans reviewed the outputs for mistakes, sometimes deciding to leave in minor errors as evidence of AI’s fallibility and, at other times, asking ChatGPT to rewrite an article.
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 13 June 2025
That was the thing about Succession — its characters were monstrous, but the show never lost sight of their fleshly fallibility, their doubts and vulnerabilities.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 31 May 2025
Beyond the system’s fallibility is the moral dimension of capital punishment.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
In her view, the fallibility of the show’s characters makes the story feel true-to-life.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 13 June 2025
That was the thing about Succession — its characters were monstrous, but the show never lost sight of their fleshly fallibility, their doubts and vulnerabilities.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 31 May 2025
Beyond the system’s fallibility is the moral dimension of capital punishment.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
In her view, the fallibility of the show’s characters makes the story feel true-to-life.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
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“Fallibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fallibility. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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