When It Comes To AI, Not Everyone Can Be The Beatles, But You Can Still Play Great Music!

Posted on July 30, 2025

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To start, a couple of facts:

  • The Beatles, or whatever rock band you think is the greatest, did not invent music
  • The Beatles did not build their own instruments

Outcome:

  • The Beatles have sold 600 million albums, 1 billion records, generating billions of dollars worldwide, making them the bestselling music act of all time.
  • A mid-tier band might sell a few hundred thousand records, while a very successful band could sell millions.

The Connection With AI:

  • It’s not the instrument, but the music you write for the instrument.
  • With AI, it’s not what AI tells you, but the questions you ask AI using Strand Commonality.

The Final Takeaway:

  • Do you know the right questions to ask?
  • Do you know how to interpret the answers to continue asking the right questions?
  • AI, in any form, cannot do this on its own, or it can, but not as authentically well and as accurately as you can, which is why it needs continuous loopback learning and ongoing, real-time recalibration.

When it comes to maximizing the benefits of AI, the combination of subject matter expertise and experience, coupled with extensive and meaningful archives, is a powerful one. It is not the instrument, but the notes and lyrics you write for it and how well you play it.

“Success with AI begins with continuous critical thinking, which is the key to making beautiful music.”

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Why, for example, does this matter for generative AI:

  • Better accuracy: Well-structured information flow helps AI understand what you really want
  • Reduced hallucination: Clear context and constraints guide AI toward factual responses
  • Efficiency: Good flow design gets you better answers faster, reducing back-and-forth
  • Consistency: Structured approaches produce more reliable results across similar queries

The key insight is that generative AI responds best when information flows wholly and logically through the prompt, much like how you’d brief a skilled human collaborator.

I encourage you to check out Maryam Miradi, PhD’s LinkedIn Profile.

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