Automated reasoning, which uses formal logic and mathematical principles to verify statements and properties, offers a complement to modern machine learning approaches.
Generative AI models including Large Language Models (LLMs), have demonstrated remarkable capabilities in generating human-like text, code, and creative content but face challenges related to accuracy and reliability.
Organizations need reliability and trustworthiness of AI systems, especially for critical applications like financial services and healthcare.
Automated reasoning can provide mathematical guarantees of correctness within a given logical framework, while LLMs can handle complex, unstructured data and generalize to new situations.
Automated reasoning has been used within AWS to guarantee the security and reliability of core services including storage, virtualization, identity management, and cryptography.
Dafny is a verification-aware programming language that uses proof-based verification for code correctness, while Kani is a model checker for Rust that can prove properties about code by exploring all possible execution paths.
Automated reasoning coupled with generative AI, addresses the issue of "hallucinations" where AI models generate plausible but factually incorrect information.
One application of this combined approach is Amazon Bedrock Guardrails, which uses automated reasoning to validate LLM-generated responses against company policies and rules, and provides mathematical proof of correctness along with clear reasoning for why a response is valid or invalid.
Looking to the future, the integration of automated reasoning and generative AI represents a convergence of AI’s historical approaches and has the potential to play a crucial role in shaping the next generation of AI applications.
Organizations benefit from a reliable AI system with improved trust and operational efficiency through automated validation and faster response times, while maintaining scalability through consistent application of rules and updating policies.