---
title: "The Roll Call: When Do You Let AI Act?"
date: "2026-10-18T09:00:00+05:30"
categories:
- talks
tags: []
description: "A leadership workshop on delegating to AI stalled on a hard question; the instructor let AI act on the room, then asked it how to fix the workshop, and the session ended on an untested experiment for knowing when to stop AI."
talk_url: "https://talks.s-anand.net/2026-10-18-aipl-when-do-you-let-ai-act/"
---

I conducted a session on Sun, 18 Oct 2026 at [AI Product Leadership (AIPL) 2026, Module 5 Session 1 — LeadUp Universe with E&ICT Academy, IIT Kanpur](https://leadupuniverse.com/) - Online (Zoom).

**Speakers**: [Anand S](https://www.s-anand.net/)

**Summary**: A leadership workshop on delegating to AI stalled on a hard question; the instructor let AI act on the room, then asked it how to fix the workshop, and the session ended on an untested experiment for knowing when to stop AI.

[Here's the link to the session](https://talks.s-anand.net/2026-10-18-aipl-when-do-you-let-ai-act/)

[![Comic](https://talks.s-anand.net/2026-10-18-aipl-when-do-you-let-ai-act/comic-page.avif)](https://talks.s-anand.net/2026-10-18-aipl-when-do-you-let-ai-act/)

**Links**:

- [Transcript](https://talks.s-anand.net/2026-10-18-aipl-when-do-you-let-ai-act/transcript.md)
- [Audio](https://github.com/sanand0/talks/releases/download/talks/2026-10-18-aipl-when-do-you-let-ai-act.opus) (113 min)