--- title: "Let's Test: Use AI Empirically" date: "2026-10-01T14:30:00+05:30" categories: - talks tags: [] description: "Treat AI advice, models and agent workflows as hypotheses: test them on your own work, mine your logs for evidence, and make verification part of the workflow." talk_url: "https://talks.s-anand.net/2026-10-01-use-ai-emperically/" --- I conducted a session on Thu, 01 Oct 2026 at [DBS Technology India — TechVerse Session 4: Agentic AI](https://www.dbs.com/dbstechindia/) - Remote / Webex. **Speakers**: [Anand S](https://www.s-anand.net/) **Summary**: Treat AI advice, models and agent workflows as hypotheses: test them on your own work, mine your logs for evidence, and make verification part of the workflow. [Here's the link to the session](https://talks.s-anand.net/2026-10-01-use-ai-emperically/) [![Comic](https://talks.s-anand.net/2026-10-01-use-ai-emperically/comic-page.avif)](https://talks.s-anand.net/2026-10-01-use-ai-emperically/) **Links**: - [Transcript](https://talks.s-anand.net/2026-10-01-use-ai-emperically/transcript.md) - [Audio](https://github.com/sanand0/talks/releases/download/talks/2026-10-01-use-ai-emperically.opus) (90 min)