DECISION-FIRST AI EXPERIMENT
Ahmadreza Samadi | Start with the decision.
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Experiment ID / date


1. Decision
What choice should the output help someone make?


2. Action and fallback
What follows the decision? What stays with a person?


3. Evidence and gaps
Sources, dates, permitted use and what remains unknown.


4. Current baseline
How is this done without AI?


5. Acceptance criterion
What counts as an accepted result?


6. Review and stop rules
Who checks errors? When must the experiment stop or hand back?


7. Test before acting
Cases, comparison, time and full costs.


8. Observed result / next decision
Record evidence; unknown stays unknown.


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