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1. Which prompt gives an AI assistant the best chance of producing a useful project brief?

Write a project brief. Write a professional project brief for a 6-week website redesign. Audience: small-business owner. Include goals, milestones, risks, owners, and a concise executive summary. Make this better. Create something about a website.

2. An AI gives you an impressive statistic but no source. What should you do first?

Use it if it sounds realistic. Ask the AI to repeat it. Verify it against a credible primary or authoritative source before using it. Remove the number but keep the conclusion.

3. You need current web research with cited sources. Which approach is best?

Use a tool/workflow that supports live web research and citations. Use any offline chatbot and trust its memory. Ask a spreadsheet tool. Skip sources to save time.

4. Which information should NOT be pasted into a public AI tool without authorization?

A public press release. A generic meeting agenda. A customer list containing private personal information. A published annual report.

5. For a complex task, what is usually the strongest workflow?

Ask one giant vague prompt and accept the first output. Break the task into stages, provide context, review outputs, verify key claims, then refine. Use the shortest possible prompt. Change tools randomly until something looks good.

6. When comparing competitors, which research approach is strongest?

Use one competitor website only. Use multiple credible sources, note dates, compare claims, and distinguish facts from assumptions. Use social comments only. Ask AI to invent a market estimate.

7. You upload a long policy document to AI. What instruction is most useful?

Summarize. Identify the 5 most important policy changes, cite the relevant sections, list actions required, and flag uncertainty. Read this. Make notes.

8. What makes an AI-generated deliverable actually useful at work?

It is long. It uses advanced vocabulary. It is accurate, relevant, clear, and ready for the intended audience and task. It was generated quickly.

9. Your AI output is too generic. What is the best next move?

Repeat the same prompt. Add audience, goal, constraints, examples, required format, and success criteria. Use all caps. Ask for more words.

10. An AI summary conflicts with the source document. What should you do?

Trust the AI because it is faster. Check the source text directly and correct the summary. Average the two versions. Ignore the conflict.

11. Which principle is best when choosing between ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, or another AI tool?

Always use the same tool. Choose based on the task, needed capabilities, privacy constraints, and source requirements. Pick the newest brand. Choose whichever has the best logo.

12. What is the safest approach to AI-generated hiring recommendations?

Let AI make the final decision automatically. Use AI as support, keep human review, check fairness, and document important decisions. Hide the use of AI. Use only one data point.

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