---
title: "Even the AI Guy Couldn't Find the Chat Button"
date: "2026-09-19T14:00:00+05:30"
categories:
- talks
- education
- llms
description: "Treat AI as a collaborator, not a vending machine: ask it to interview you before it builds a lesson plan, log what actually happens after you use its output, and benchmark any fix before trusting it."
talk_url: "https://talks.s-anand.net/2026-09-19-shree-niketan-schools/"
tags: [ai-in-education, prompt-engineering, ai-adoption]
---

I conducted a session on Sat, 19 Sep 2026 at [Shree Niketan Schools — Teachers' AI Q&A](https://www.facebook.com/ShreeNiketanSchools/) - Shree Niketan Schools, Chennai / Zoom.

**Speakers**: [Anant Mani](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ananthmani/), [Harish Srinivasan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/harishsrinivasan2020/)

**Summary**: Treat AI as a collaborator, not a vending machine: ask it to interview you before it builds a lesson plan, log what actually happens after you use its output, and benchmark any fix before trusting it.

[Here's the link to the session](https://talks.s-anand.net/2026-09-19-shree-niketan-schools/)

[![Comic](https://talks.s-anand.net/2026-09-19-shree-niketan-schools/comic-story.avif)](https://talks.s-anand.net/2026-09-19-shree-niketan-schools/)

**Links**:

- [Transcript](https://talks.s-anand.net/2026-09-19-shree-niketan-schools/transcript.md)