Guessing AI vs. Verifiable AI: Why the Difference Matters in Finance
I asked Claude what the cash position would be at year-end. The answer was about 30% off. A CFO said this at a finance leaders breakfast in Prague. Almost every CFO in the room had a version of the same story. The problem is not the model. Claude is not bad at maths. The problem is what the model was reasoning over - raw financial data with no governed definitions, no intercompany rules, no agreed methodology for what 'cash position' means at that specific company.