Allie Miller: Give your AI North Star goals, not just tasks
alliekmiller · x · 2026-10-08
AI educator Allie Miller argues most people give their AI systems only task-level goals (e.g., "keep this newsletter draft under 500 words") and almost never their big North Star goals (e.g., "I want to own a dog in the next year").
Her point: if you want AI to act as a proactive support system, you need to tell it the direction you're heading, so its help compounds toward what actually matters instead of scattered one-off tasks.
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