Course lesson · Lesson 4

Evidence, Verification, and Source Discipline

AI can accelerate research and drafting, but in policy and public-interest work no output should be treated as authoritative unless the workflow preserves source discipline and verification.

What you'll take away
  • Understand why source discipline is the central quality safeguard in AI-assisted policy and research work
  • Build a practical verification protocol for AI-assisted outputs
  • Distinguish helpful synthesis from unsupported fabrication

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