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John Bassler's avatar

Excellent! You show a good understanding of Socrates' method of doing philosophy. Your argument in support of your manner of using an AI is very well thought out. And provocative. Thanks for making me think!

Dana van der Merwe's avatar

Now was THAT not illuminating and instructive? Having a dialogue with Socrates while perched on an old log with the wise philosopher!

Pawel Jozefiak's avatar

This is the most underused AI use case I've come across. Every time I'm about to commit to a direction, I describe the plan and ask 'where will this fail?'

It finds objections I couldn't generate on my own. Not a capability gap. I'm just too close to my own reasoning to see what's obvious from the outside.

The distinction you draw between generation and evaluation is the right frame. You keep control of the final judgment while AI handles the part you're structurally blind to. That combination actually sharpens the thinking.