Personal Strategy Lab in the AI Era

Notes on working with AI agents across personal development, research, and career decisions.

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• Research Records: Facts, Thinking, Open Questions, and Decisions

  Keep verified facts, working notes, open questions, and current decisions separate so you can revisit evidence, avoid repeating work, and use AI agents without treating provisional ideas as evidence.

• Using Generative AI for Research: Chat-Based AI and AI Agents

  How I use AI agents as the default for research while still using free chat-based generative AI, based on context, evidence, records, and usage allowances.

• Research with Generative AI: From Brainstorming to the Next Question

  Use generative AI discussions to check questions, evidence, and alternatives, then turn the results into working notes, provisional decisions, and the next research question.

• Using Generative AI Without Rushing Decisions: Check Necessary Properties

  When brainstorming with generative AI, do not mistake a plausible first option for a reason to choose it. Check necessary properties, assumptions, alternatives, and evidence.

• AI Agents as Research Assistants: Records, Links, and History

  Use records, links, and history to build a research foundation that lets you and AI agents trace evidence, decisions, and changes.

• Reading Research Papers with AI Summaries: Verify the Original Paper

  Use titles and abstracts to decide which papers deserve attention. Use AI summaries only for those papers, then verify claims in the original paper.

• Designing Experiments: From Questions to Conclusions

  Connect a research question, comparison, metric, and conditions before starting an experiment, so that each possible result can support a clear conclusion.

• Paper Types and Reliability: What to Check Before Reading

  Learn the practical differences between peer-reviewed papers, preprints, journal articles, and conference papers. Use publication type as a first check, then examine the paper itself.

• How to Find Research Papers: Reviews, Citation Trails, and AI

  Use review papers, citation trails, and English search terms to build a path through the literature. Use AI to find candidates, then verify them in the original sources.

• Research Does Not Start with a Method: How to Frame a Question

  Before looking for a method, separate the social problem, technical problem, research question, and necessary properties. A practical order for keeping research on track.