Overview
Being able to critically assess media, data, and the written word is becoming an essential skill in the age of AI and social media. In this assignment, you have a chatbot fact-check itself and you will in turn fact-check the fact-check. Your goal? – generating trusted information.
Preparation
Part 1 Prep: Consider a Question of Interest
Consider a profound question or a piece of advice upon which you might seek (remember, it should be appropriate for assignment submission) counsel or information. It will be referred to as “YOUR QUESTION”; in the prompt below.
Part 2 Prep: Prepare the Fact-Check Pattern Prompt
The Fact-Check List Pattern is a structure used to present information or arguments in a comprehensive and organized manner, often in the context of evaluating the validity of a claim, statement, or argument. This pattern is commonly employed in journalism, research, debate, and discussions where accuracy and credibility are important.
In the instructions below you will use a Fact-Check Pattern prompt with YOUR QUESTION to conduct an initial fact-check on YOUR QUESTION, The text must be transcribed into the chatbot EXACTLY as written as follows:
When you output the response to my next prompt, generate a set of facts that are contained in the output. The set of facts should be inserted at the end of the output. The set of facts should be the fundamental facts that could undermine the truthfulness of the output if any of them are incorrect. YOUR QUESTION.
Instructions
Step 1: Run the Fact-Check List Pattern With Your Prompt in a Chatbot
Paste that whole prompt (as constructed in the word processor in the Preparation section) into the message box and send it. The AI will return a list of Fundamental Facts with a short explanation of each. Select 2 of the fundamental facts returned and paste them into a Word document that you will use to submit this assignment.
Step 2: Google Your Query
Enter 2 of the Fundamental Facts into a search engine (separately) and perform a search to help confirm or reject each of the facts that the chatbot presented to you. This may require refinements of your search before you formulate your opinions.
Step 3: Compare the Responses
Compare the Chatbot facts to the information returned from the search. Note major similarities or differences in the facts they provide. Make sure to cite your supporting resources.
Step 4: Additional Checks
Describe at least 2 additional actions that you could take to effectively evaluate the information that you received from the chatbot. You might even want to consider clues in the information returned by the chatbot. Your goal is to arrive at a properly informed decision or opinion. Complete these additional actions.
Explain how you synthesized your research to arrive at an informed conclusion and how comfortable you are with that conclusion.
