Work with files and data
Pull information out of documents, tables and spreadsheets, then work out what is actually going on inside them.
You bring Files or table→You get An analysis to check
Pick one. Bit starts it with you.
Who does what
AI does
Repeatable effort and a first pass
- Reads files you upload and describes how they are put together
- Runs the analysis in a sandbox and can show its working
- Finds patterns, outliers and likely data-quality problems
- Can read a chart or photo you attach and pull the figures out
You do
Meaning, checking and responsibility
- Explains what the columns and documents actually mean
- Checks the numbers back against the original source
- Decides whether a finding is real or just a coincidence
One job, start to finish
Understand a file or spreadsheet
- 1YouDefine the question and the data meaning
- 2AIProfile before calculating
- 3TogetherCorrect definitions and rerun
- 4You decideDecide whether the data is fit for purpose
- 5You checkTrace the answer back
Your call The person decides what the data means, whether it is fit for the stated purpose and which action the evidence justifies. The tool can calculate quickly, but it does not own the business definition or the consequence of a misleading metric.
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The Human Bit method →OpenAI Academy ↗Anthropic AI Fluency ↗NIST AI RMF guidance on human roles and oversight ↗Microsoft Guidelines for Human AI Interaction ↗Australian Bureau of Statistics data quality guidance ↗Data analysis with ChatGPT ↗Create and edit files with Claude ↗Official tools in Kimi API ↗