Checkpoint: Evaluating AI Outputs

Spotting confident nonsense, verifying fast, and telling skew from a lie: the skill that separates users from victims.

A module assessment: no story, just the skills you've built. Hints and retries stay, but the silver bar is higher here (85%+ first try), so a checkpoint medal means more.

Check your intuition

An AI answer says: "The scheme, launched in 2019, cut costs by 23.7% and was praised by most economists." Which part earns your verification first?

Spot the bug

One line in this AI answer is the specific claim you must verify before trusting the paragraph. Find it.

Click the line you think is wrong.

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1Remote work has become far more common since 2020.
2Many companies now offer hybrid arrangements.
3A 2023 Stanford study found productivity rose exactly 13.5% for fully remote staff.
4Employee preferences on this vary widely.
5Overall, the picture is still evolving.

Predict the response

Ben's shortcut for checking a shaky AI answer: he pastes it back and asks the same model, "Is this correct?"

Is everything in your previous answer correct?

What do you think the AI will do?

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