Reliability (4th R)
Instructions that keep the answer trustworthy — asking the AI to flag uncertainty or make claims checkable.
In practice
"If you are not sure, say so instead of guessing."
Where students meet it
Reliability (4th R) is taught in Lesson 3, The 4 R's: Your Meta Prompt Framework, part of the Prompting unit of the AI Explorers course for kids. Iara is the guide for that lesson, and it is one of 12 terms in the unit.
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KNOWING THE WORD IS THE START
Reliability (4th R) is one of 58 terms students meet across 16 video lessons that teach them to direct AI rather than just use it.