Speaking
Ethical AI Talks & Workshops
Talks and workshops on AI as a thinking partner — so people learn to do better, higher-quality work without outsourcing the thinking.
Formats
Keynote (45-60 minutes)
A reframing talk that presents AI as a thinking partner rather than a content generator. Perfect for conferences, company events, and faculty summits.
Interactive keynote (60-75 minutes)
The keynote plus live demos, audience exercises, and Q&A — so people don’t just feel inspired; they practice the framework in the room.
Workshop (90 minutes)
Hands-on training covering practical prompting strategies, the Socratic AI framework, and ethical use guidelines.
Half-day workshop (3 hours)
A deeper, team-wide session where we practice the Socratic AI workflow on real work: clearer strategy docs, stronger proposals, tighter narratives, better presentations — using AI for feedback and thinking support, not auto-generated prose. We use AI to challenge assumptions, clarify reasoning, and strengthen drafts — so your team ships higher-quality work without outsourcing the thinking.
What people walk away with
- • 3 prompts they can use immediately to amplify their work
- • A practical way to use AI as a thinking partner to surface your own best ideas, stories, and examples
- • Techniques to express yourself with greater clarity and force (without using AI to generate writing for you)
- • Ethical use guidelines and concrete techniques for using AI to think better and produce higher-quality work
- • Guidance, structure, and accountability to pursue and finish ambitious creative projects
Watch a short talk (PopTech)
If you want a quick overview of the approach, here’s a talk where I share the core idea: AI not as a ghostwriter, but as an iterative thinking partner — a way to think better, aim higher, and elevate your work without outsourcing the thinking.
Prefer a hands-on version? That’s what the workshops are for.
Talk topics
AI to Elevate Your Work — Not Outsource It
A keynote that reframes AI as a thinking partner — not a content generator. Attendees learn a different way to use AI: not to automate work, but to think better. Built for conferences, company events, and faculty summits. Attendees leave with 3 prompts they can use immediately.
Using AI Thoughtfully & Effectively
Hands-on workshop covering practical prompting strategies, the Socratic AI framework, and ethical use guidelines. Participants walk away with concrete techniques for using AI to think better and produce higher-quality work.
Amplifying Creativity Without Outsourcing It
Stories and strategies from writers, artists, and knowledge workers using AI to push their imagination while keeping the creative process fundamentally human. Discover how AI can help you create better work, not do your work for you.
AI Literacy for Teams: How to Use AI Without Outsourcing the Thinking
Half-day workshop on how to use AI to upgrade the quality of your team’s writing and thinking for memos, proposals, narratives, and presentations. People practice using AI as an editor and sounding board: clarifying arguments, pressure-testing ideas, surfacing stronger examples, and rewriting drafts — without ever having AI generate the writing. Teams leave with a repeatable workflow and a small set of prompts they can use immediately.
Designing AI-Resilient Assignments
For UniversitiesTurn memory checks into reasoning workouts. Faculty learn practical strategies to design assignments that use AI as a learning tool rather than a shortcut.
From Writer to Ethical AI Advocate
Perfect for organizations with mixed feelings about AI. Learn the difference between AI that replaces human work (producing mediocre results) and AI that elevates human work (producing better results than before).
Custom Talks
Tell me your audience, context, and goals, and I’ll design a session around that.
Selected audiences and institutions
What people say
“By far the best presentation I’ve seen on how to actually use this stuff.”
— Nick Gillespie, Editor, Reason Magazine
“When I see the way Jay uses ChatGPT, I realize I’m using it at a caveman level.”
— Sherry Jeng, Human Rights Foundation
Logistics
- • Available for in-person events and virtual sessions
- • AV: screen/projector, HDMI, mic (lav or handheld), and a clicker (if you have one)
- • If you’re considering a session: send your audience, context, and goals, and I’ll recommend the best format (keynote vs workshop vs half-day) and tailor it to your needs
- • Email: jay@socraticai.co — I respond within 24 hours
If you have a specific date in mind — especially for conferences and faculty summits — the earlier you reach out, the better.
Interested in a keynote or workshop?
Let’s design a session that meets your team where they are and takes them where they need to go.