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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