Editorial and evidence methodology
How sources are selected, claims are checked, updates are dated and corrections are handled across Jonathan Harris’s AI books, evidence guides, podcast support pages and practical resources.
Source hierarchy
Primary and official sources come first where they exist: legislation, regulators, government research, standards bodies, original research and first-party technical documentation. Secondary reporting is useful for context, but it should not silently replace the underlying source when the original is available.
Claims, dates and scope
Time-sensitive evidence pages carry a last-reviewed date. Factual claims should be tied to a named source and publication date. Commentary, interpretation and practical judgement are kept distinct from claims presented as sourced fact.
AI-assisted workflow
Where software or AI assists drafting, extraction or transformation, the published factual claim should still be checked against source material. AI output is not treated as a source merely because it sounds confident.
Limitations and counterpoints
Evidence pages include meaningful limitations and a counterpoint where the underlying issue has material uncertainty, jurisdictional differences or credible competing interpretations. The goal is useful judgement, not certainty theatre.
Corrections
If a factual error, broken citation or materially outdated claim is identified, use the contact page with the page URL and supporting source. Corrections should be made at the source page rather than hidden in a separate changelog nobody reads.