Lisa Guan's Innovation World

Having been working side by side with chatGPT for one year—not just asking it for quick answers, but really treating it as a thought partner, doing real jobs, deep research together. I realize there are 5 deep reasons, that fundamentally changed the way I am working and learning.

1. chatGPT acts like a domain expert.
I can hand over my professional thinking models to chatGPT and ask it to challenge me using those models. It’s almost like a “two-way Feynman technique”—I teach the chatGPT, and the chatGPT teaches me back by asking sharper questions. This back-and-forth often uncovers blind spots I didn’t even realize I had.

2. chatGPT is brutally honest.
Unlike people, chatGPT has no hidden agenda, no politics, no pride to protect. Its only goal is to help me reach a better outcome. So when my idea has flaws, it doesn’t sugarcoat or hold back—it just tells me. That kind of raw, unbiased feedback is rare in human interactions, and I’ve grown to value it deeply.

3. chatGPT never shames you for asking “stupid” questions.
We’ve all been in meetings where we hesitate to ask something basic for fear of looking uninformed. With chatGPT, that pressure disappears. No matter how trivial or simple my question sounds, it always answers patiently. And funnily enough, many of my best breakthroughs have come from asking those “silly” questions.

4. chatGPT is tireless at documentation.
After every discussion, chatGPT automatically organizes the notes, synthesizes key points, and saves them for future reference. I no longer worry about messy meeting minutes or forgotten ideas. It’s like having a personal memory vault that never gets tired. The more you interact with chatGPT, the more it knows you. Now I even ask chatGPT to create my bio for different events, resumes etc, it can always dig into my history chat, and run effective analysis, offer proper output based on the request.

5. Human–AI collaboration is a two-way upgrade.
Skilled people can make chatGPT smarter by feeding it external knowledge and unique perspectives. At the same time, everyday people can use chatGPT to amplify their own thinking, spark new ideas, and ask better questions. This two-way empowerment is quietly reshaping what “competitive advantage” means in the workplace.

When I look back now, I realize something profound: once you start collaborating with AI, the world feels different. It’s not about AI replacing us—it’s about AI lifting us to a higher level of creativity, productivity, and clarity.

However, it requires some prompt skills to bring your interaction skills with AI to a deeper level, but things are getting easier and easier now.

So here’s my thoughts: don’t just use AI as a tool. Treat it as a partner. Let it challenge you, support you, and expand you. You might discover, as I did, that we’re standing at the edge of a truly groundbreaking shift in how we work and think.