I asked ChatGPT to think like a kid — and it suddenly saw every hole in my ideas

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It's sometimes hard to question your own assumptions, and everyone has blind spots, but children are often uniquely gifted at spotting every potential flaw in an explanation and cutting to the heart of a situation with a question or two. They are experts at spotting missing pieces, perhaps because they have not yet learned to politely ignore them.

After some recent experiences with precisely that phenomenon, I decided to experiment with applying it to AI prompts. I asked ChatGPT to act like a curious eight-year-old whose job was to find flaws in my ideas.

Specifically, I started a conversation by telling ChatGPT to: "Pretend you are an intelligent, curious child. Look at my idea and ask the kinds of questions a kid might ask. Focus on simple things that don't make sense or seem incomplete."

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The AI's response was gratifying even as it became much harder to hide...

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