Free Lesson
The AI Research Skills You Need for 2027
Part of The AI Research Capability Stack
30 min
Jul 10, 2026 12:00 PM
Virtual (Zoom)
In this video
What you'll learn
Map the 2027 skill stack
See the core capabilities AI-confident researchers need: tool evaluation, AI interviewing, synthesis, synthetic users, agents, and governance.
Connect skills to certification
Understand how AI for Customer Research and Agentic AI for Research work together in the certification pathway.
Choose your next step
Decide whether to start with trusted AI research workflows or move into agentic systems and custom research automation.
Why this topic matters
AI research is moving from experimentation into professional practice. The skills that matter now are not just prompting or tool awareness. They are knowing when to use AI-moderated interviews, how to judge AI-generated synthesis, when synthetic users are useful, and how to build systems that stay grounded in evidence. In this Lightning Lesson, John Whalen maps the AI capabilities you need today.
