AI ANSWER REVIEW RECORD
Nolan Kido
Guide: https://nolankido.com/technology/check-ai-answers/

Keep this copy privately in your own notes. Do not put private answers in a
public repository. This is a thinking aid, not an automatic accuracy test.

1. NAME THE USE
What would I do with this answer?
Which parts could change an action, commitment, amount, or conclusion?
What would happen if those parts were wrong?

2. CHOOSE THE RELEVANT CHECKS
An answer can need several checks.
- Facts/citations: locate the real source, supporting passage, scope and date.
- Numbers: verify inputs and units; recompute the full calculation separately.
- Summary: preserve the source's meaning, conditions, uncertainty and ownership.
- Writing: verify facts, voice, requests and promises; separate draft from send.
- Code/website: test distinguishing cases and failures; check the released version.
- Personal advice: separate verified facts, predictions and assumed priorities.

3. RECORD ONE IMPORTANT CLAIM AT A TIME
Exact claim or behavior:
Evidence outside the AI answer (source/passages, original material or test):
Date/version/context of that evidence:
Independent check actually performed:
Observed result:
Remaining unknowns or limits:
Change needed:

Repeat section 3 for each consequential claim. A second AI agreeing is not
independent evidence that the claim is true.

4. DECIDE THE NEXT STEP
Named part and purpose I am prepared to use:
Parts to revise, leave unused or investigate further:
Who needs to review or approve any consequential decision or external action?
What would make me revisit this result?

A check supports only the claim, inputs, scope and version it actually tested.
A faithful summary can preserve an inaccurate source. Correct arithmetic can
use incorrect inputs. A reviewed draft is not permission to send or publish.