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V · Stay in charge · 6 min

Lesson 19

How to judge an answer

Fluent is not the same as true. Make the work visible.

Fluent is not the same as true. Make the work visible enough that a tired human can catch it.

Lab

Practice catching a fluent miss

“Our market is $14 billion, growing 22% a year.” No source.

The model cites a 2019 paper. The link goes to a different article.

Meeting notes never named an owner. The summary assigns the work to Alex.

  1. 01

    Name one source of truth

    The notes, the spreadsheet, the statute, the repo. Tell the model which file wins.

  2. 02

    Require uncertainty

    “Not stated,” “conflicting,” “needs a source.” Ban silent guesses.

  3. 03

    Check the joints

    Numbers, names, dates, URLs, and anything that will be sent onward. Skim the prose; audit the joints.

  4. 04

    Open the citation

    If a tool claimed a source, click it. Models mis-summarize pages they did fetch.

Check

An answer lists a statistic with no source. You need it for a slide. What next?

Choose an answer to see why.