Mike Caulfield's Deep Background is a structured "superprompt" (the SIFT Toolbox) that steers LLMs into systematic claim-by-claim analysis for fact-checking. Worked examples include investigations into Azar Gat, asbestos snow in The Wizard of Oz, Eisenhower and Lumumba, and miasma theory.
Benefits & outcomes
A method rather than a product: shows LLMs can do disciplined verification when the prompt structure forces it.
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Video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/FtTe5sSVVF0
Video
Publisher / company: Mike Caulfield
Date of mention: 01/06/2025
Source: https://checkplease.neocities.org/