Reverse Prompting: Your AI Interviews You. Most People Never Reach Level Two.

The AAT Comment piece outlines a technique called reverse prompting, where instead of writing instructions yourself, you describe a desired outcome and let the AI ask you questions until it has enough to build the task. It also describes a four-part structure for those who prefer writing their own instructions, and identifies three levels of AI usage, noting most people never get past level one, which is basic chat.

The underlying principle here is collaborative specification. Reverse prompting exploits the fact that large language models are trained on dialogue, not monologue. By letting the AI interview you, you externalize tacit knowledge you didn't know you had. The three-level framework also teaches that tool adoption has developmental stages, and stagnation at level one means leaving capability on the table.

The article was published by AAT Comment at aatcomment.org.uk. It references ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, and Gemini as tools for level-one usage.