Editing The Fact-Check Habit (section)

== 📋 Plan first (Planners start here) ==

Here's what you're about to do:
# '''Choose a familiar topic''' — You need to be able to spot errors, so pick something in your area of knowledge. Don't use an unfamiliar topic — you won't know what to verify.
# '''Generate an authoritative-sounding response''' — Ask AI for a detailed, factual overview. The more specific and confident the output, the more likely it contains subtle errors.
# '''Ask AI to fact-check itself''' — Use the self-audit prompt to force the AI to rate its own confidence and flag potential fabrications.
# '''Independently verify''' — Pick the lowest-confidence claims and check them against reliable sources. Track what was right, close, and wrong.
# '''Create your verification template''' — Build a reusable 3-question follow-up that you'll use after any AI output you plan to act on.

'''"Done" looks like:''' You've caught at least one AI error, you understand ''why'' the AI got it wrong, and you have a saved verification prompt you can use going forward.

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