AI Fluency: Master the Chain of Thought

Hosted by Sherveen Mashayekhi

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What you'll learn

Learn to use chain-of-thought to get AI to think like you

You'll be able to guide AI responses so that they reflect your priorities and don't get lost on unintended tracks.

Use layered prompting to get LLMs to solve harder problems

Ever wonder how some AI products get more structured outputs or solve more operationally-intensive questions? Layers.

For non-technical and technical professionals alike

Future-proof your understanding of new models (2025 + 2026). CoT is why OpenAI's o1 is topping leaderboards.

Why this topic matters

AI is no longer about pasting in sloppy inputs and hoping for a decent response. More than ever, it's about understanding how the models "think" and "reason." By mastering chain of thought prompting, you'll give yourself an edge amongst your peers – not only is it useful with today's models, but it's a key theory behind models like o1 from OpenAI and agentic, "thoughtful" models coming in 2025.

You'll learn from

Sherveen Mashayekhi

Founder & CEO of Free Agency. Building in AI before it was cool.

Sherveen has been an AI product leader and founder in tech for over a decade, but more importantly, is a long-time obsessive about startups.


He's a first adopter of AI tools and sits in exclusive circles of founders + venture capitalists building the cutting edge of applied AI products. He's the host of three shows + podcasts about early stage tech: The Feedback Loop, Three Course Founders, and The Sherveen Show, where he talks multiple times a week with the most exciting technologists, CEOs, and investors building the future.


See more: https://youtube.com/@sherveenshow

Worked with AI leaders at

Google
OpenAI
Indeed
Electronic Arts
Meta
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