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# [Multi-Agent Systems Are Distributed Systems With a Confidence Problem](https://alexeygolev.hashnode.dev/multi-agent-systems-are-distributed-systems-with-a-confidence-problem?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Multi-agent AI pipelines fail like distributed systems—then add a gap those patterns don't cover: sounding right vs. being right.

Sep 4 · 6 min read · alexeygolev.hashnode.dev  
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Software Engineer working at the intersection of backend distributed systems, machine learning and data. I build scalable, reliable systems and platforms for data-intensive and ML / AI-driven applications.

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[alexeyg377](https://hashnode.com/@alexeygolev)

[Sep 6](https://hashnode.com/posts/multi-agent-systems-are-distributed-systems-with-a-confidence-problem/6a9ae3669e2f7b699210749b/comment/6a9d350e9128b5f0154e8ecf)

[Andrew](https://hashnode.com/@rizzdev "Andrew") hi,

Thank you for feedback Probably it depends on the use case, but I suppose a validation layer could be more than another LLM call

[Andrew](https://hashnode.com/@rizzdev)

[Sep 4](https://hashnode.com/posts/multi-agent-systems-are-distributed-systems-with-a-confidence-problem/6a9ae3669e2f7b699210749b/comment/6a9b57d880fce348fd5936ce)

The distributed-systems toolkit transfers more than expected, useful, but the validation layer is just another LLM call that can also be confidently wrong. That's the part the vocabulary doesn't cover