AI Answer Fact-Check Board for Beginners: Confirm Evidence, Source, Numbers, and Dates

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AI Answer Fact-Check Board for Beginners: Confirm Evidence, Source, Numbers, and Dates

This beginner template is for anyone who takes an AI chatbot's answer at face value, helping you check the reasoning, source, numbers, and date so you catch mistakes before you rely on the answer. The whiteboard has four frames for the four checks, a 4x4 mistake record, five checking steps, three frames of common mistakes, and a frame on when to check harder and where the line is. The task board has five columns from answer to check to ask an expert, with four parent tasks - learning the method, checking one answer, logging mistake patterns, and holding the risk line - each with three not-started subtasks. Even without knowing how to judge an AI answer, working the board from the top left checks one answer fully; for medicine, law, tax, or money, use AI answers as background research only and confirm the final call with an expert.

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1. Is there a reason? 2. Does the source exist? 3. Do the numbers add up? 4. Is the date recent? 5. Mistake Record (log them here) 6. Checking Steps (follow this order) 7. Fabricated Sources 8. Outdated Information 9. Calculation & Unit Errors 10. When You Especially Need to Check... AI Answer Fact-Ch... How to use: (1) P... Checked and OK to... How to check / rules Mistakes / risky ... What you learned Check whether the answer gives a reason e.g. ask again, "why do you say that?" If the reason is only "generally speaking," treat it as no reason If the reason changes between answers, hold off Open the page it names yourself and check e.g. search the book's title and see if it is real Treat a source you cannot open or find as if it does not exist Check that the content actually matches, not just the title Recalculate the amount, count, or percentage yourself e.g. check $8 × 12 months = $96 on a calculator Check that units ($, %, people) and digits line up Do not use an answer where the total and the breakdown do not match Check the source's last-updated date to see if it still holds e.g. rules, prices, and procedures can change within a year Check the date even if it says "latest" Treat anything without a clear date as background research only What you asked The mistake How you caught it Lesson for next time Record 1 - source e.g. Name 3 intro books on this topic e.g. Book 3 does not exist Searching the title did not find that book Search a book or paper's title to confirm it exists Record 2 - numbers e.g. What is the annual cost at $8 a month? e.g. The total came out to $80 Recalculated as $8 × 12 = $96 Always redo the math yourself before using an amount Record 3 - date e.g. What documents does this procedure need? e.g. It included a form that is now discontinued The official site showed a 3-year-old update date Check the official update date for rules and procedures Record 4 - blank Question: ____ Mistake: ____ How caught: ____ Lesson: ____ Step 1Pick one answerPick just one answer you plan to use. Do not check several at once. Step 2Check reason & sourceSee whether a reason is given, and whether you can open the source page. Step 3Check numbers & dateRecalculate any amount or count, and check the source is not outdated. Step 4Add one recordIf there is a mistake, log it. If not, move the answer to "OK to use". Step 5Check the lineFor risky topics, treat it as background research and confirm with the person you picked. Invents a plausible-sounding book, paper, or URL e.g. the author is real but the title does not exist Spot it by searching the title and checking the real thing Answers with the old rule or the old price e.g. describes an application method that has already ended Spot it by checking the official site's update date Mixes up digits, units, or totals in the answer e.g. mixes monthly and annual, or dollars and euros Spot it by recalculating yourself and cross-checking Topics for background research onlyFacts about medicine, law, tax, money, or a person's identity.e.g. judging a symptom, a contract, or a tax amount Leave the final call to an expertUse an AI answer only as a rough draft for framing your question.Who to ask: ____ / How to reach them: ____ What you can decide yourselfe.g. wording suggestions, summaries, or what order to learn things.Limit it to things you can undo if you are wrong. Signs you should stop and askThe source will not open, the date is unclear, or the numbers do not add up.If even one applies, check with a person.
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Task board contents

Answer to check 16 items

Learn how to check
Check one answer
Log mistake patterns
Hold your risk line
Read the 4 checks
Pick one answer
Pick where to look
Check reason/source
Redo the numbers
Check the date
Log one mistake
Spot the pattern
Rewrite your prompt
List risky topics
Pick who to ask
Write your own rule

Checking 4 points 0 items

Mistake logged 0 items

OK to use 0 items

Ask an expert 0 items

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