CRAFT · Masterclass

Research, References, and Responsible Inputs

Use AI to see the evidence—not launder it into certainty.

Plan research, synthesize responsibly, preserve provenance, and handle rights, consent, bias, and uncertainty.

You will build

A source-bounded research assistant and visual reference library with provenance and consent fields.

Your proof artifact

Research plan, source map, synthesis audit, rights notes, and evidence-limited outputs.

Required Alternate Clouds deployment

Provenance-Aware Reference Library

Class requirement: create or sign in to your Alternate Clouds account, deploy the Provenance-Aware Reference Library template, and submit its live URL before the class is marked complete.

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Use only work you own or are authorized to use.

Every submission needs a source-and-license manifest covering text, code, images, audio, video, fonts, datasets, models, weights, and AI reference inputs. Attribution alone is not permission. Questionable material stays private or is replaced before deployment or showcase.

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01Ask a researchable question

Separate discovery, evaluation, and validation questions before choosing a method.

Applied exercise

Turn one product assumption into a research plan with stop conditions.

02References with provenance

Track origin, creator, date, license, context, and transformation for visual and textual material.

Applied exercise

Build a reference library that can answer where every input came from.

03Synthesis without laundering

Preserve disagreement, sample limits, missing voices, and quotes instead of flattening them into themes.

Applied exercise

Audit an AI synthesis against the underlying notes and restore lost tension.

04Rights, consent, and representation

Decide what may be uploaded, generated, imitated, retained, or published.

Applied exercise

Write the input and output rights policy for the project.

The complete course adds the teaching deck, Alternate Clouds lab, source-bounded guide, review rubric, and instructor feedback.

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