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AI as Devil's Advocate: How to Make Claude Tear Apart Your Thesis
The strongest essays anticipate the best counterarguments — Claude is better at generating them than your friends.
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What this lesson covers
Learning path
The main moves in order
- 1The big idea
- 2counterargument
- 3steelman
- 4thesis
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Section 1
The big idea
Most teen essays lose points for ignoring the obvious counter. Claude steelmans the opposition better than any debate partner because it doesn't care about your feelings.
Some examples
- Prompt: 'Steelman the strongest case against my thesis in 200 words'
- Ask Claude to argue from a perspective you disagree with
- Have ChatGPT find historical examples that contradict your claim
- Use AI to generate the question your harshest reviewer would ask
Try it!
Take your current paper's thesis. Ask Claude for the strongest possible counter. Add a paragraph addressing it before you submit.
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