Use AI as a Reviewer, Not an Owner
Bring AI a problem statement, your reasoning, and a concrete artifact. Ask it to challenge the work, then verify every consequential claim.
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The question
Which part of the reasoning remains mine?
Do this
- Make your first prediction or design before asking for an answer.
- Ask for counterexamples, missing cases, and competing explanations.
- Verify generated code, citations, and operational claims with tests or primary sources.
Example
- Weak prompt: “Build checkout.” Better review request: “Here are the invariants, failure cases, and state transitions. Find a sequence that violates them; do not rewrite the implementation.”
Ask next
- ?Can I explain the answer without the tool?
- ?What test could falsify it?
- ?Which decision would I be unable to defend if the tool disappeared?