Judgment
The human ability to decide what is worth doing and to tell a genuinely good answer from a plausible-looking wrong one. An appreciating asset in the AI era, because it is exactly what the machine cannot supply and what tells you whether its output is any good.
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 3 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in AI Literacy & Professional Conduct.
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
The human ability to decide what is worth doing and to tell a genuinely good answer from a plausible-looking wrong one. An appreciating asset in the AI era, because it is exactly what the machine cannot supply and what tells you whether its output is any good.
The human capacity to commit to a consequential decision under uncertainty and answer for it. Judgment is what remains scarce and accountable after AI made information abundant, and it is the skill this program builds.
Determining the relative value of different outcomes and deciding what should be done with a prediction; weighing competing values and context. The complement to prediction that becomes scarce and valuable as prediction gets cheap.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first 7 topics of every program are free with a free account.
- Why You, Why Now · Your AI Learning Companion, AI Literacy & Professional Conduct
- AI vs. Human Intelligence: Prediction vs. Judgment · AI Fundamentals, AI Literacy & Professional Conduct
- Why decisions, not information, will make you the expert · Taking Command, AI Governance: Applied Mastery
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.