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Test an AI claim against a simple baseline

Explain why headline accuracy can conceal a useless classifier.

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Situation

Build it. Try it. Change one thing.What would you test when the easy example works?Illustrated learning characters · fictional scene

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The situation

In 100 fictional messages, 95 are ordinary and 5 need urgent human attention. An AI tool labels every message ordinary and claims 95% accuracy.

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What would you predict? Say it aloud or write a line on paper. Then compare your reasoning with the example.

Starting knowledge: Understand a percentage and a correct/incorrect prediction.

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