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The Best AI Users Are Domain Experts, Not AI Experts

The Best AI Users Are Domain Experts, Not AI Experts

The Best AI Users Are Domain Experts, Not AI Experts

Knowing what good looks like matters more than sophisticated prompting.

Knowing what good looks like matters more than sophisticated prompting.

Knowing what good looks like matters more than sophisticated prompting.

Domain expertise catches plausible but subtly wrong AI output.

Domain expertise catches plausible but subtly wrong AI output.

Domain expertise catches plausible but subtly wrong AI output.

Domain expertise catches plausible but subtly wrong AI output.

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Operating Question

What task, workflow, or oversight condition determines whether AI is useful here?

What task, workflow, or oversight condition determines whether AI is useful here?

What task, workflow, or oversight condition determines whether AI is useful here?

Why It Matters

Domain expertise catches plausible but subtly wrong AI output.

Supporting Evidence

Domain expertise and AI-assisted performance research.

Research Notes

Re-test assumptions as models, stakes, workflows, and oversight arrangements change.

Practical Actions

Give experts the tools; train evaluation; treat expert rejection as signal.

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