Prompting Skills playbook/Module 6 · Thinking with AI

Day 60 / 100 · Thinking with AI · Keeping your judgement

Keep your brain switched on.

AI makes thinking faster. It can also make you think less. A few habits keep your judgement sharp.

Think first

Habit 01

Jot down your own view before you ask. Even five lines.

IN PRACTICE

Your view, then AI's.

Compare

Habit 02

Where do you and the model differ, and why?

IN PRACTICE

Differences are where learning is.

Match the stakes

Habit 03

The higher the stakes, the more you check and think.

IN PRACTICE

Quick email vs board paper.

Own the call

Habit 04

Only sign off what you could defend without the model.

IN PRACTICE

Your name, your judgement.

Source: Microsoft Research / Carnegie Mellon ↗

Think first. Then ask. Then decide.