Beyond Optimization: Using AI for Radical Thinking
Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 11:00 AM PST – 12:00 PM PST
Ansir Innovation Center · 7670 Opportunity Rd #255, San Diego, CA 92111, USA, San Diego, California
Hosted by Prashant Anilkumar
Is creativity dying in the age of AI? If you use AI even a little, you've probably noticed a few things.. ideas starting to sound a certain way, the averaging of outputs, feelings of guilt perhaps, questions about authenticity. When speed and efficiency get commoditized, your creativity is your only true competitive weapon; but often, the way you use AI can erode it. This hands-on workshop teaches you to work with AI radically differently—not as a tool for optimization, but as a thinking partner that challenges your assumptions, reveals blind spots, and pushes you…