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Context & Critique Rule - The Hidden Key to Mastering AI and Your Cognition

Context & Critique Rule - The Hidden Key to Mastering AI and Your Cognition

Update: 2025-09-05
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The provided article introduces "The Context & Critique Rule™", a framework designed to enhance interactions with artificial intelligence (AI) and improve human cognitive abilities. It argues that the common approach of treating AI as a simple search engine leads to the AI Productivity Paradox, where the promise of revolutionary efficiency is met with mediocre results. To counter this, the rule outlines two core principles: "Always Provide Detailed Context" (Yang), which involves guiding the AI with specific instructions using methods like C-O-P-T-A (Context, Objective, Persona, Tone, Audience), and "Never Auto-Accept the Response" (Yin), which stresses the importance of human scrutiny through a V-I-S-A check (Verify, Improve, Strategise, Authenticate). This balanced dialogue, the author contends, not only leads to superior AI outputs but also acts as a "cognitive whetstone", sharpening the user's own strategic thinking and clarity. Read the article.
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Context & Critique Rule - The Hidden Key to Mastering AI and Your Cognition

Context & Critique Rule - The Hidden Key to Mastering AI and Your Cognition

Greg Twemlow