--- title: Ivory Tower Notes: The Methodology | daily.dev description: A call to apply scientific methodology to data and AI projects instead of relying on AI-generated outputs. Using a platform comparison scenario as an example,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ivory-tower-notes-the-methodology-dbsf0jehk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Ivory Tower Notes: The Methodology | daily.dev og:description: A call to apply scientific methodology to data and AI projects instead of relying on AI-generated outputs. Using a platform comparison scenario as an example,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ivory-tower-notes-the-methodology-dbsf0jehk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/dBSF0jEHK.png og:image:alt: Ivory Tower Notes: The Methodology og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Ivory Tower Notes: The Methodology **[Towards Data Science](https://daily.dev/sources/tds)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A call to apply scientific methodology to data and AI projects instead of relying on AI-generated outputs. Using a platform comparison scenario as an example, the post walks through the classic research cycle: defining a testable hypothesis, running controlled experiments with independent/dependent/control variables, and drawing conclusions from repeated runs. The core argument is that 'prompt in, slop out' happens when practitioners skip hands-on experimentation, and that real credibility comes from sharing findings grounded in actual empirical work rather than polished AI-generated summaries. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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