What AI can—and cannot—tell you about a transcript
Use AI to find passages worth checking, then test the finding against the original record.
Ask a narrow question
A request to “find the truth” invites a sweeping answer. A request to compare two specified accounts of a departure time is easier to inspect. Identify the documents, define the question, and ask for quotations and page references.
In Just’s private pilot, you choose the source sections to review. Documents are not automatically sent for analysis when you upload them. The resulting observations remain questions for human review.
A quotation is the beginning of verification
First, find the quoted words in the original document. Then read the surrounding questions and answers. Check who is speaking, whether the text is a quotation of someone else, and whether the record contains a correction. If a page number points to the wrong document, stop and resolve that mismatch.
A correctly copied quotation can still support a poor interpretation. An AI system may compare different events, miss a qualification, or treat a remembered time as an exact measurement. Grounding an answer in text helps make it checkable; it does not make the answer automatically true.
Try to disprove the apparent discrepancy
Suppose one record gives 9:15 p.m. and another gives 21:58. Ask whether both describe the same event. One may record a departure and the other the time a call was received. The 43-minute difference alone does not establish a contradiction.
Make a two-column comparison: the exact words on one side and the assumptions required by your interpretation on the other. Look for a passage that could change your mind. This is a useful human review habit even when no AI is involved.
Turn an observation into a task
A useful next step is specific: locate the original dispatch sheet, verify the document date, or compare the full answer with the excerpt. Keep the task tied to its sources so another researcher can repeat the check.
AI output cannot establish guilt, innocence, witness honesty, or whether a legal rule applies to someone’s case. Decisions about a conviction or legal action need qualified legal review. Just’s role is to help organize the material and make the questions clearer.