EmpowerX

Stress-Testing the Idea

Use AI as an adversarial critic: "what would make this fail?"

Session 13 · December 1, 2026

Learning objectives

  • Use AI to challenge the idea's assumptions
  • Identify what would make the idea fail

Tangible output

A written list of assumptions and failure modes surfaced by AI critique

Completion criteria

  • AI used to challenge at least 3 assumptions
  • Failure modes documented

Material

In this session:

  • Challenging assumptions with AI
  • Documenting failure modes

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