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The Verifier That Verifies Nothing
Naming a pipeline stage 'verifier' does not make it one. If the stage is another model call asked whether the output looks right, it shares the generator's blind spots, produces an opinion rather than a check, and has almost certainly never rejected anything. There is a ladder of verifier strength with five rungs, and most production systems are on the bottom one while believing they are near the top.