The Importance of Divergent Thinking in AI

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I think that the most basic tips are, you know, that it work with it interactively. There's too much on like Twitter and other places of influencers trying to say, here's the perfect prompt. We'll start with what you really want to start with is a conversation,. And so there's an experience factor that you see in many different things, right? You need that basis of information to work from. But at least for now, we can feel pretty confident about that, at least in most dimensions.

What if you could tweak the questions you ask ChatGPT and make you ten times more effective or productive? Ethan Mollick is an Associate Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He studies and teaches innovation and entrepreneurship, and also examines the effects of artificial intelligence on work and education. He’s also an insightful and leading voice in the AI space, especially on Twitter. In the final episode of our AI miniseries, Reid, Aria, and Ethan discuss how society can prepare for a future with AI and how AI enhances learning in—and beyond—the classroom. Ethan shares his specific advice for people of varying experience with AI who are looking to get more out of their interactions with ChatGPT.

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Hellos and intros - 3:59

Changes that can make AI more exciting—and functional - 5:36

Considering more futures involving AI - 8:00

Three tiers of prompting advice - 11:42

Novel applications of AI - 15:34

What education is needed to seize AI’s potential? - 19:16

AI as a tool for reflection - 25:10

When AI falls into scripts - 26:35

AI in the classroom - 28:24

AI for lifelong learners - 38:19

The humanization of AI - 41:11

How we elevate humanity using AI - 43:39

Rapid fire questions - 47:41

Debrief with Reid and Aria - 53:47

Possible is a podcast that sketches out the brightest version of the future—and what it will take to get there. Most of all, it asks: what if, in the future, everything breaks humanity's way? In its first season, hosts Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger spoke with visionaries across many fields, from climate science to criminal justice, and from entertainment to education. For this special miniseries, they’re speaking with expert builders and skilled users of artificial intelligence. These conversations also feature another kind of guest, AI. Whether it’s Inflection’s Pi or OpenAI’s GPT-4, each episode will include an AI-generated element to spark discussion.

Possible is produced by Wonder Media Network and hosted by Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger. Our showrunner is Shaun Young. Possible is produced by Edie Allard and Sara Schleede. Jenny Kaplan is our Executive Producer and Editor. Special thanks to Surya Yalamanchili, Ian Alas, Greg Beato and Ben Relles.