AI FOR EVERYDAY LIFE

SESSION 02 · INVESTIGATION NIGHT

MAKE AI
SHOW
ITS WORK.

A confident answer is not evidence. Tonight, you will watch a belief change when the receipts arrive.

$100Would you bet it on an AI answer that merely sounds right?

Search features and limits vary. If your assistant cannot search, use a browser and paste the source into the chat.

NO NOTES · ONE WEAK REQUEST

What important detail is missing?

“Tell me whether this is a good deal.”

What is “this”?

The product, price, condition, and source.

Good for whom?

The person’s need and budget.

Compared with what?

A current alternative or fair price.

GUT CHECK · COMMIT BEFORE THE REVEAL

“This appliance usually lasts 15 years.

Would you bet $100 that this is true?

YES

What makes it feel trustworthy?

NO / NOT YET

What receipt would you need?

The number may be true, false, outdated, or true only under conditions we have not seen.

NAME THE EVIDENCE BEFORE SEARCHING

What would make the claim deserve trust?

Do not ask only, “Do you have a source?” Ask what source could actually prove this claim.

1NUMBER: Where did it come from?
2DATE: Is it current enough?
3FIT: Does it match this exact case?
4MISSING: What does the source not tell us?

BRADY CHECKS IT · THE ROOM CALLS THE MOVES

Watch confidence change.

Find the original

Search for the study, policy, product page, quote, or data—not another summary.

Read around the claim

Check the date, sample, conditions, and exact wording.

Update the answer

Separate what the evidence supports from what remains uncertain.

Room call: stronger, weaker, or still unknown? Say what changed your confidence.

PARTNER HUDDLE · ONE MINUTE

What is the first thing you would verify—and why?

A viral post says: “Minnesota changed the rule this year, so everyone now has to ______.”

Do not solve the whole claim. Name the strongest first source and the detail you would look for.

Weak first move

Ask AI to repeat the claim more confidently.

Strong first move

Find the current rule on the responsible government or official site.

THE 12-MINUTE INVESTIGATION

Check something you actually care about.

A product claim, price, travel detail, hobby fact, statistic, article, or recommendation. Keep it privacy-safe and specific.

Finish line: strongest source found, what it supports, what it does not support, and your confidence now.
12:00
FIND THE RECEIPT

STRONG ANSWERS SURVIVE A CHALLENGE

Make the best case that your answer is wrong.

Assumption

What are you treating as true without enough support?

Best reason it may be wrong

What is the strongest reasonable disagreement?

What would change your mind?

Name one new fact that would change your conclusion.

Good failure: “The source supports the average, but not my exact model, year, or situation.”

LIGHTNING SHARE · THE CHANGE MATTERS

What did you believe first?
What changed after checking?

The receipt

Name the source and why it was stronger.

The update

Stronger, weaker, different, or still unknown?

Three people. Twenty seconds each. No full project presentations.

TAKE THIS WITH YOU

AI sounding certain is not evidence.

Before you trust a claim, ask: What receipt would change my mind?

Bring one repeated task to Session 3. We are going to stop starting over.

SESSION 02

Scene overview

SESSION 02 · STUDENT TOOLS

Make AI Show Its Work

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My Session 2 investigation

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