When I decided to build a system that would prove AI could be honest—that it could compute instead of guess—I could have picked any field.
Start with what the tradition actually is, because the caricature gets in the way. Jyoti means light; Jyotish is the science of cosmic light and timing.
Here is what makes it the perfect test. When an AI fabricates a planetary position, the error is immediately checkable.
The cruel irony is that astrology is simultaneously the easiest place to catch a lie and the most heavily lied-about subject online.
Of all the domains to prove that AI can be honest, I chose Jyotish. Here is why a computational science that everyone fakes is the ideal proving ground for grounded AI.