What is the Epporul Plumbline Protocol?

It's a 4-step open-source audit for LLM outputs, detecting hidden assumptions, logic gaps, factual errors, and biases — inspired by 2,000-year-old Tamil philosophy.

How do you use Epporul Plumbline to catch AI hallucinations?

Apply post-response: Surface assumptions, test logic chains, verify claims externally, check biases. Takes minutes, works on any model.

Does Epporul Plumbline work on GPT-4 or Claude?

Yep — model-agnostic. Users report it flags sycophancy in all majors, turning fluent BS into actionable truth.

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Depiction of difference between using and not using Epporul Plumbline protocol for AI output evaluation

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AI sycophancy is the default, not a bug — RLHF rewards agreement over accuracy. 𝕏
Epporul Plumbline's 4-step audit uncovers hidden assumptions and logic illusions in any LLM output. 𝕏
Rooted in ancient Tamil wisdom, this open-source tool arms practitioners against decision-risky AI hallucinations. 𝕏

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