The Vaughn Tan Rule: A Simple Framework for Working with AI – cheerful.egg
first came across The Vaughn Tan Rule in Cedric Chin’s blogpost, “How to Use AI Without Becoming Stupid.” It states:
“Do NOT outsource your subjective value judgments to an AI, unless you have a good reason to, in which case make sure the reason is explicitly stated.”
The Vaughn Tan Rule: A Simple Framework for Working with AI – cheerful.egg
What was the difference in where AI works vs where it doesn’t?
- In the first case, I was asking AI to make a subjective judgment about what questions would land well in a specific sales context, which required experience & intuition.
- In the second, I was asking it to retrieve and organise information that already existed. This doesn’t require any