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A new piece courtesy of AXIOS worth sharing:
Get maximum chatbot value
If you're still using your chatbot like it's Google, stop. Stop it right now, Axios writes.
Why it matters: Generative AI is fundamentally different — and far more useful — when you treat it like a collaborator and check its work.
🧑🏫 Think of yourself like a coach and the AI like the best player on your team. Then run the play.
You're not alone if you're leaving value on the table.
🧰 Anthropic put out an AI Fluency Index today that showed people aren't using its Claude tools to their full advantage.
The company assessed "AI fluency" using a framework developed with professors Rick Dakan and Joseph Feller.
📉 Stunning stat: "In only 30% of conversations do users tell Claude how they'd like it to interact with them," per the report.
🔁 Train the bot with the old adage: "Help me help you."
The big picture: Generative AI keeps getting smarter and producing magical-seeming outputs, from code to legal briefs to possible medical diagnoses.
Reality check: The more polished the output, the less users question it, the index shows.
💡 Some best practices based on the report:
1. 💬 Keep prompting: Treat the first response as a draft. Iterate, ask follow-ups, push back and refine. Ongoing back-and-forth is the strongest marker of real fluency.
Example: "You got that wrong. Try again" or "Why did you give that answer?"
2. 🔍 Be skeptical of polished answers: When output looks great, pause. Check the facts, probe the reasoning and ask what might be missing. Don't lower your guard and drop your critical thinking.
Example: Try your prompt with different chatbots and see if you get the same answer. Or ask: "Fact-check yourself and show me your sources."
3. 🛠️ Set the terms: Don't just prompt — instruct. Tell the AI to flag uncertainty or challenge your assumptions. Being explicit up front changes the dynamic.
Example: Use global instructions and custom settings that most tools offer so you don't need to rewrite the same rules every time.
The bottom line: AI fluency is core to your experience with the chatbot, no matter which one you pick. It's not always them; it's you.
