General guidance for using any AI assistant wisely — not a verdict on any specific tool, and not legal, medical, or financial advice. The point isn't "don't use AI" — it's to match your trust to the stakes.
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How to use it well
- Use it to draft and understand, not to decide. AI is great for explaining options, drafting a letter, or prepping the questions to ask — but keep the final call yours.
- Treat every specific as unconfirmed. Numbers, names, dates, quotes, citations, legal/medical "facts" — check each one against a primary or authoritative source. AI invents these and states them as confidently as real ones.
- Never paste secrets. No passwords, ID numbers, full account or medical details, or other people's private information — assume what you type may be stored or seen. Strip or anonymize first.
- Ask it to argue against itself. "What would make this wrong? What am I missing? Make the strongest case for the opposite." It tends to agree with you; force it to push back.
- For high stakes, get a qualified human. Health, legal, money, safety: use AI to prepare and a professional to decide.
- Cross-check. If a second independent source (or a second AI, asked fresh) agrees and you can verify it, trust grows. If they disagree, dig before you act.