I was a panelist at the PyConf Hyderabad AI in SDLC - Panel Discussion.
After that, one of the volunteers asked for a video interview.
“How was the panel discussion?” he asked.
Ever since I started using AI actively, my brain doesn’t work without it. So, instead of an eloquent answer, I said, “Good.”
He tried again. “Um… how did you feel about it?” he asked.
I searched for my feelings. Again, fairly empty in the absence of AI. “Good,” I said again.
He didn’t know what to do. I did.
“Look, I’m not going to give good answers without good questions. Let’s do this. Why don’t you think of a way of asking that question that will make me give interesting answers?”
To his credit, he tried. He thought for a minute before saying, “I can’t think of anything.”
So I pulled up ChatGPT and dictated this on his behalf:
I have been asked to record panelists at PyCon Hyderabad and give feedback.
I asked one panelist what his feedback was, and he said it was good, but that is a very simple question, and he said I should come up with better questions that will help him answer better.
Now, I have no idea what questions to ask that will come up with better answers. So what am I supposed to do?
Can you give me some interesting questions that will help this panelist give me good answers?
I pasted this into Claude - since ChatGPT has better dictation but Claude has flaire - and handed my phone to the volunteer.
He scanned through it, and his first question was a shocker.
“Was there a moment when you disagreed with a copanelist but stayed silent?” he asked. And then, the interview flowed beautifully.
Postscript: I read Claude’s actual response. The volunteer’s question was not in the list! Based on a quick scan of Claude’s ideas, he came up with that (very good) question on his own.
This validates my AI Advice. AI is great to get you started. It’s great for ideation. It also atrophies your brain - but those are parts many won’t use in the future.