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Reid Hoffman@reidhoffman

LinkedIn co-founder; Impromptu author

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AI-collaborative writing1.1 years agoAdversarial draft review

Representative of Reid's essay-writing threads — drafting with Claude as a sparring partner, where the model pushes back on weak arguments before they reach an editor.

“The first reader used to be my editor. Now the first reader is the model — and the model asks better questions.”

How to replicate

1.Draft the essay yourself — do not let the model write the first pass.
2.Paste the draft to Claude and instruct it to steelman the opposing view.

Prompt template

I wrote this essay: <paste>. Do not rewrite it. Instead: (1) steelman the strongest counter-argument in 2 paragraphs. (2) Mark the 3 weakest claims and say what evidence would convince a skeptic. (3) Flag any sentence that reads as received wisdom. Be direct. Don't compliment — critique.

Pitfall

Letting the model rewrite instead of critique. Once it rewrites, the voice is gone. Lock it to 'critique only' and keep the keyboard.

What you'll learn

•How to use an LLM as a hostile first reader
•Why critique prompts beat rewrite prompts for voice preservation
•How to surface weak arguments before they reach an audience
•When to ignore the model's critique

Glossaryprompt system prompt few shot

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