How To Talk to AI Jamie Bartlett

How to Talk to AI: Prompting, Bias, Creativity, and the Hidden Risks of Chatbots In this episode of Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future, Jamie Bartlett returns to discuss his book How to Talk to AI and why the real challenge is not just prompt engineering techniques but learning to ask good questions, spot loaded premises, and stay a critical thinker when faced with fluent machine answers. We explore how small changes in framing can radically change outputs, how language mastery can become a key career advantage, and how models can mirror biases and create personalised echo chambers. While warning about delusions, manipulation, jailbreaks, and over-reliance (like summarising instead of learning), Jamie highlights strong use cases in creativity, writing support, and potential low-cost therapy via specialised small models. We also cover workplace “AI slop,” the productivity paradox, and rising fraud risks from voice cloning and persuasive scams. 00:00 Intro 00:54 Prompt Engineering Debate 03:57 Linguistic Mastery 05:20 Genie Prompts Gone Wrong 07:43 Crypto Question Example 09:40 Inside The Semantic Universe 11:35 Echo Chambers And Bias 13:41 Creative Superpowers 16:12 Therapy And Coaching Potential 19:08 Rising Expectations And Risks 20:03 Sponsor Break 20:42 Overreliance And Outsourcing Thinking 22:31 Summaries Versus Learning 23:13 AI Everywhere In Life 23:43 Perfect Partner Prompt 25:19 When Chatbots Feel Shallow 26:27 Bureaucracy And AI Slop 27:52 Productivity Paradox Explained 29:55 Using AI For Writing 31:39 Language As Superpower 33:41 Leveling Up Communication 35:28 Trust Collapse And Analog 37:23 Voice Clones And Fraud **********

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This episode is 41:17 long.

This episode was published on Apr 14, 2026.

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