Free Lesson
Get consistently good answers from AI, for non-techies
45 min
Dec 7, 2026 12:00 PM
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What you'll learn
Understand the three things that shape every AI answer
Context, being specific, and iterating. When an answer is bad, one of the three is usually missing, most often context.
Find the gaps in your request before AI starts
Ask AI to tell you what it thinks you want and what it would need to know. You'll see the gaps and can fill them.
Stop being flattered by AI
AI tends to agree with you and praise your work. Give it a critic's role and a reason, and find out what's weak.
Why this topic matters
You ask AI to help with an email to a client. It comes back polite and generic, the email anyone would get. So you write it yourself, ask AI if it's any good, and it tells you you're a genius. AI gives the most likely answer, so a short question gets an extremely average one, and it leans towards agreeing with you. If you want consistently good answers, you need to know how to guide it: put more of yourself in, and ask it to find the weak points.
