How to be more ambitious: A tutorial for humans with models

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TLDR: Felix Rieseberg frames ambitious AI use across speed, altitude, depth, and range, pushing people from task execution toward broader outcomes.
Best for: People who want to move beyond basic AI task assistance
The tip: Ask for the outcome beyond the immediate task, then add expert depth and cross-field range.
What you need: A real task and its desired outcome
An AI model
Start here: Name the goal beyond the current task.
Ask how a field-leading expert would approach the underlying problem.
Bring in methods from another relevant field.
Filed note: Felix Rieseberg frames ambitious model use as more than speed: raise the altitude, depth, and range of the work.

Highlights: Model capabilities don't grow uniformly.
Ambitious use starts by finding where a model is unusually capable.
I think of ambition in four types: Speed, Altitude, Depth, and Range.
The framework expands ambition beyond doing the same task faster.
To be more ambitious in altitude, ask yourself - what do you want to happen next? What's the goal beyond the goal?
Altitude means asking for the larger outcome, not only the immediate task.
Excerpt: I work on Claude. It's an interesting experience: Every day I learn about yet another feat accomplished with or by Claude that I hadn't considered, didn't think possible, or simply lacked the curiosity and time to try. This month, it may have helped discover a new planet, I've seen the first AI music video that I really like, and we are discussing a new era of math.
From felixrieseberg.com