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One Useful AI Task

A printable companion to AI on Your Terms: Practical Help, Human Judgment.

By William Paul “Bill” Herald · wphc.us

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Ask

My task and intended audience: ___________________________________

A useful finished result would be: _______________________________

Information I am comfortable and permitted to supply: _____________

What must stay accurate or unchanged: _____________________________

Examine

What is missing, changed, or unsupported? _________________________

Claim I checked: _________________________________________________

Source, date if relevant, and supporting passage: _________________

What remains uncertain: __________________________________________

Choose

What I will keep: ________________________________________________

What I will change or reject: _____________________________________

If an action is needed, what exactly am I authorizing and where?


Check

What I inspected in the finished result: __________________________

What still needs work: ___________________________________________

What I will do differently next time: _____________________________

Optional total time, including review and corrections: ____________

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