How to Use AI for Decision Making

AI's structural neutrality is the unlock for decisions where you're too close to think clearly. The workflow that works.

Three high-impact decision prompts

  1. 5-Scenario Forecaster — for any major decision (career, location, relationship)
  2. Steelman Devil's Advocate — strongest case against your preferred path
  3. Pre-Mortem — assume the decision failed; trace the failure

What NOT to do

"Should I do X?" — ChatGPT will tell you yes-with-caveats. Useless. Better: "Steelman both options" or "what's the strongest argument I haven't considered?"

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