Using AI versus building AI applications

Methods to understand

Using AI for your own work and building an AI application for others require different skills. The first emphasizes methods and verification; the second also requires APIs, data, permissions, deployment, and ongoing operations.

Apply the method to a scenario

Goal: complete a clearly scoped work task using AI.
Input: public, task-relevant material.
Acceptance: verifiable results and explicitly marked unknowns.

Practice task

Choose a case related to your work and practice "Using AI versus building AI applications". Submit inputs, steps, results, and verification records.

• Explain the task goal and inputs
• Provide actual results or runnable deliverables
• Identify errors, limits, and verification evidence