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Better prompts and a good setup make AI faster and more relevant. But they don't make it accurate. That's your job. This section is short — the habit is simple, but skipping it is how people end up in trouble.
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- •AI sounds confident whether it's right or wrong — there's no difference in the output between a fabricated statistic and a correct one
- •Most AI output doesn't need formal verification; the question is 'if this is wrong, what happens?'
- •For high-stakes output: check that sources exist and say what AI claims, run calculations with code not prose, and define vague language thresholds in your project instructions
- •Use a second AI tool to spot-check high-stakes output — a fresh model with no investment in the first answer catches things it missed
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