Why AI Should Interview You First

Ask AI to build a workshop and it will hand you a polished agenda without knowing who’s attending, how much time you have, or what success looks like. In this episode, host Emily Laird turns the usual advice about writing better prompts on its head and argues for making AI interview you first, drawing on research from Berkeley, Google, and Stanford on clarifying questions, hidden preferences, and AI sycophancy. You’ll walk away with the Five-Question Interview, a simple technique that makes you define your objective, name your constraints, and weigh trade-offs before AI generates a single word. The catch: a thoughtful conversation can still produce a wrong answer, so the thinking (and the verifying) is still your job. 🎯 JOIN THE AI WEEKLY MEETUPS https://www.uwstout.edu/ai-weekly-meetup 📩 EMAIL REMINDERS FOR THE MEETUPS https://app.e2ma.net/app2/audience/signup/2101263/1779703/ 💬 CONNECT WITH EMILY LAIRD ON LINKEDIN http://www.linkedin.com/in/meet-emily-laird