Try these techniques to get more insightful responses.
Much of what we get from AI research is useful and conventional and probably could have been created by the user given more time. To get something really different something that you had not through about, then ask it something off-beat or unexpected. That way you can have result that are very different. Remember that at this stage in development, AI can say things that are not true or even bordering hallucination. Always apply the sniff test. If the result seems complete unreasonable then ask more questions and source for the result.
Try these popular chat tools: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Microsoft Copilot.
“5 WAYS TO PUSH AI TO BE BOLD
Add weird constraints. Force creative breakthroughs by setting up artificial limitations.
Example: “Help me explain [X] using words a 12-year-old would understand, but make it engaging enough for experts in the field.”
Channel historical problem-solvers. How might figures who made their mark on the past manage my little strategic query.
Example: If Maya Angelou were mediating this team conflict, what questions would she ask that no one else is considering?
Insist on strange cross-pollination. Require the borrowing of concepts, frameworks, or terminology from vastly different domains.
Example: “Analyze my [business / creative project] through the lens of marine biology. What patterns or ecosystem principles could apply here?”
Apply disaster movie logic. Push an AI assistant to consider a workplace problem with the urgency of a crisis scenario to explore unconventional ways to quickly address a slow-moving issue.
Example: “This team project has 48 hours before catastrophic failure. What unconventional resources could we deploy? What rules would we break to succeed?’
Embrace absurd analogies. Challenge the AI to reply in terms that may seem silly at first, but may yield unexpected clarity.
Example: “To help me simplify the most confusing aspect of my presentation, explain my fundraising strategy [X] as if it were a board game instruction manual.”
Or more –
“What rarely discussed, counterintuitive insights on the subject of [X] might startle readers accustomed to bland observations? See my Gemini example.
Give me 5 lively, colorful, unusual words to use in a description of [X]? See my Microsoft Copilot example.
Provide 3 extreme, surprising examples of [X] or silly, ridiculous instances.
Share 5 counterintuitive ways to address situation [X]. See my Grok example
Imagine I shocked people with a one sentence answer to the following question: [X]. Give me 10 versions of that one-sentence reply. See my Jan AI example.
I have [X challenge] in [Y situation]. Assume I want to surprise people with a wildly creative solution. Describe three solutions that would stun people while addressing the root of the issue.
For a syllabus I’m creating on [X], imagine seven radically different people teaching the same course. Provide three bullet points representing each teacher, explaining the surprising and distinct learning outcomes each would aim for in their version of the class.”
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Step 1: Choose an AI assistant
Step 2: Initiate a new chat by typing in a role for the AI to adopt for the prompt you’re going to give it. For example: “Act as a bold, experienced, expert who provides distinctive, unusual perspectives to push my thinking in creative new directions.”
Step 3: Adapt one of the unusual AI prompt templates above to fit your context.
Step 4: Follow-up. After the initial response, iterate. Steer the dialogue in a direction of interest. Ask for even more radical suggestions. AI assistants excel at generating lots and lots of ideas, out of which it’s easier to find one good one.
Step 5. Set up a project (Optional). To create an ongoing space where you get bold, unconventional responses, set up a Claude Project or ChatGPT Project with instructions, and prior examples. Note: both require paid plans. A free alternative: train a bold bot on Poe.
See the article for more examples. Basically you are trying to challenge it to “think out of the box”. Giving unusual requests can result in interesting images.
Summarized from Fast Company, 9/2/25