Description
Title: AI as a Thinking Partner
Location: US
Company: Microsoft
About this course:
Artificial Intelligence is more than a tool for automation—it can be a powerful collaborator in the thinking process itself. This hands-on, interdisciplinary course moves far beyond basic prompting to explore how we can engage Large Language Models (LLMs) as genuine thinking partners.
You will learn a structured framework for dialogue that treats AI not as an oracle, but as a proactive sounding board, a devil's advocate, and a creative instigator. We will cover core techniques such as Socratic questioning, iterative refinement, perspective-switching, and intellectual scaffolding. Through practical exercises and real-world projects, you'll apply these methods to areas like brainstorming research questions, deconstructing complex problems, refining written arguments, and exploring ethical dilemmas.
Shift from AI as an information tool to a cognitive collaborator.
Use structured dialogue patterns to guide productive AI thinking sessions.
Break ambiguous challenges into parts with AI to explore pathways.
Leverage AI for divergent brainstorming and rigorous argument stress-testing.
Identify both AI's limitations and your own biases in reasoning.
Integrate AI into personal workflows for writing, research, and strategy.
Understand when to trust AI contributions and when human judgment reigns.
Move beyond simple commands and learn to collaborate with AI. This course teaches you to frame questions, challenge assumptions, and engage in dynamic dialogue with AI tools like Gemini to enhance your creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving across any field.
Duration: 1 week
Curriculum:
- Shift from AI as an information tool to a cognitive collaborator.
- Use structured dialogue patterns to guide productive AI thinking sessions.
- Break ambiguous challenges into parts with AI to explore pathways.
- Leverage AI for divergent brainstorming and rigorous argument stress-testing.
- Identify both AI's limitations and your own biases in reasoning.
- Integrate AI into personal workflows for writing, research, and strategy.
- Understand when to trust AI contributions and when human judgment reigns.
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