TRUST Check
proper noun
The book’s five-part review before consequential AI-generated work leaves your desk: True, Relevant, Understandable, Safe, Take ownership.
Also known as True, Relevant, Understandable, Safe, Take ownership
The TRUST Check is the five-part review for AI-generated work that is about to leave your desk.
True: could you stand behind every fact if challenged? Relevant: does it answer the question asked? Understandable: can the recipient act on it? Safe: are the risks ones you are prepared to own? Take ownership: is your name, implicitly or explicitly, on this?
The test is deliberately ordinary. It does not require a governance committee, a new dashboard or a branded lanyard. It requires the person sending the work to read it as though consequences exist. If it fails one of the five, it is not ready.