"I ask AI to explain things all the time. If I observe it do something that I want to learn more about, I ask it. I look at its outputs and ask it to explain decisions it made or how it implemented something. I ask it to help me brainstorm about things, help me think through edge cases or performance considerations, you name it. If the thing that it is explaining has some implication I need to verify, I ask it to find me a link that backs up what it is saying. And then I look at the link to make sure the content is real, comes from a reasonable source, and actually backs up what the AI says. And probaly also ask it questions about the surface area around the thing, until I’m sure I understand it.

If you approach the AI upskill process as a collaborative learning process, where you can interrogate the tool you’re learning about its capabilities, how and why it’s chosing to do the things it’s doing, and to explain anything you don’t understand along the way - you’re unlocking a super power.

AND you have the comfort of knowing you’re asking all your questions of a talking box that won’t remember what you asked the next time it chats with you. So even if you do think it’s judging you, it has amnesia and that judgement won’t last beyond closing the session!"

https://dacharycarey.com/2026/02/23/upskilling-in-ai-age/

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