Prompting for perspective
A teaching toolkit for the AI & Medicine Workshop Series. The same model can flatter your assumptions or sharpen them — the difference is entirely in how you ask.
“Explain why I’m right about this.”
A persuasive essay that flatters your assumption.
“Build the strongest case against my view.”
A rigorous challenge you can actually learn from.
Beyond productivity. AI as a bridge to better dialogue.
Every example here comes from real academic friction: disagreements over data, difficult supervisor feedback, authorship disputes. A small change in phrasing, like asking the model to steel-man the opposing view, can turn a defensive exchange into a productive one.
“Explain why I’m right about this.”
The model flatters your assumption and hands back a persuasive essay.
“Build the strongest case against my view first.”
The same model gives you critical thinking you can actually learn from.
Learn by watching, by doing, and by mediating.
Three ways into the same skill, each with worked examples you can run yourself.
Use AI to disagree more constructively.
Start with the worked examples, then bring the prompts into your own research and clinical conversations.