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Applied AI / Week 04 / Friday
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Week 04 · Ask Well, Check Always

Friday

Week 4 review
// You steer, the tool helps, and a person checks
⏱ about 15 min

Friday: Week 4 Review

On Friday, Ben tells his colleague about the quiz with the made-up answer key.

She laughs, then goes quiet. "I should read my newsletter before I send it," she says.

Maya has a meal plan she trusts, because she checked it. Rosa has a job post draft with three lines crossed out.

Each of them asked well, and each of them checked.

This week in five lines

  • AI should be like an electric bike: you stay in control, with less effort (Department of Education).
  • The report's first recommendation is to keep humans in the loop.
  • Automation bias is trusting a machine too much, and it can make other risks worse (NIST).
  • A clear request names the goal, audience, format and limits. This is a habit, not a proven formula.
  • Check every output for facts, sources, tone and fit, and have a person sign off (SBA).
REVIEW
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
In the report's picture, AI should be more like what?
What does automation bias mean?
Which list gives the four parts of a clear request?
An output cites a study you cannot find. Which check does it fail?
StatementTrue or false?
Teachers and learners should keep the power to decide what to do.?
The SBA says to start small with AI and test it.?
If a request is clear, the output is always correct.?
A confident tone shows that an answer is true.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEThese ideas carry into every week that follows, and into your plan in week 8.
ASK WELL, THEN CHECK ALWAYS
  • ?Check facts, sources, tone and fit.
  • ?Remove names and private details.
  • ?Send the request and read the output.
  • ?Have a person sign off before it is used.
  • ?Name your goal, audience, format and limits.
WHY THIS EXERCISEThis is the whole week in one routine.
The four checks are facts, sources, tone and ____.
Trusting a machine too much is called automation ____.

Sources: US Department of Education (2023) · NIST AI 600-1 (2024) · SBA, AI for small businesses

Tomorrow is a Try It day: rewrite a request, then grade an output.

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