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What AI actually is
Use AI to draft a useful answer, then check it against facts.
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What AI actually is
Use AI to draft a useful answer, then check it against facts.
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0:00 · What you will learn
Use AI to draft a useful answer, then check it against facts.
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Use AI to draft a useful answer, then check it against facts.
0:07 · The idea
AI can generate a fluent draft that contains mistakes. Treat the draft as something to check. A confident tone is not proof that its statements are true.
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AI can generate a fluent draft that contains mistakes. Treat the draft as something to check. A confident tone is not proof that its statements are true.
0:20 · One useful term
Generated draft. An answer produced by the model, before you have verified it.
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An answer produced by the model, before you have verified it.
0:28 · A worked example · 1
Riley has a six-person team handling 40 requests a week, at about 18 minutes each. An AI trial is proposed but has not run. A draft invents 20 people and 40 percent savings.
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Riley has a six-person team handling 40 requests a week, at about 18 minutes each. An AI trial is proposed but has not run. A draft invents 20 people and 40 percent savings.
0:44 · A worked example · 2
Neither claim is supported.
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Neither claim is supported.
0:49 · Your turn to think
What should the draft say about savings? Pause and decide before continuing.
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What should the draft say about savings? Pause the video if you need more time.
1:05 · Why this answer works
Savings are unknown. Propose a small trial, with a person checking summaries, and measure its results before expanding.
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Savings are unknown. Propose a small trial, with a person checking summaries, and measure its results before expanding.
1:16 · Check 1
Preserve the facts you include.
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Preserve the facts you include.
1:21 · Check 2
Separate the proposed trial from results.
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Separate the proposed trial from results.
1:26 · Check 3
Name a human check.
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Name a human check.
1:31 · Now try a different case
Open the lesson and try its different practice case. Use every check in the full task. Watching alone does not mark the lesson complete.
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