Expert Interview Technique: How to Extract Unique Perspectives From AI
The systematic approach to generating insights no one else is writing about
Welcome to the depths, Deep Writers.
One of the hardest parts of writing compelling nonfiction is finding unique angles that set you apart.
And, 99% of writers using AI fall victim to the same 3 problems:
“I keep getting the same generic information everyone else has”
“My research feels shallow”
“My writing lacks unique insights”
But the best writers do things differently. They:
Interview multiple sources with different viewpoints
Challenge their own biases
Look for unconventional perspectives
Today, we’ll turn AI into your personal panel of world-class experts and emulate the techniques elite writers use.
Step 1: Assembling Your Dream Team
Most writers ask AI generic questions like: “Give me 5 article ideas around the impact of remote work on employees”
The result? Generic answers:
Instead, let’s assemble a team of experts to give diverse, specialized perspectives.
For example:
What would a longevity researcher notice about remote work that a productivity expert might miss?
What would a relationship therapist spot that an HR director wouldn’t?
Here’s how to build your dream team:
I am writing about [YOUR TOPIC]. I want to select three professionals whom we can interview on this subject to consider multiple perspectives on the topic.
List three professionals in health, wealth, and relationships domain who can provide unique and authoritative insights on this topic. Ensure that these professionals exist in the real world.
Now, generate:
A health expert
A wealth expert
A relationships expert
Ensure each professional is unique and specialized based on the provided topic. Also, provide the reason for selecting this professional.Replace [YOUR TOPIC] by the topic you wish to explore.
Here’s the team Claude assembled to discuss the impact of remote work on employees:
Quick Tip: Always google these experts to verify they exist. AI can sometimes generate fictional experts. If that happens, simply rerun the prompt.
Step 2: The Deep Insight Interview
Now comes the magic part. Instead of generic questions, we’ll ask each of these experts four powerful pointed questions:
Now, assume the role of [EXPERT]. I want your insights on the topic of [YOUR TOPIC].
What is the one development surrounding the topic that you find most promising and feel happy about?
What is the one development surrounding the topic that you find most disturbing and feel nervous about?
What is the one development surrounding the topic that you didn't expect and was counterintuitive?
What is the most common misunderstanding on the topic?
Please list the relevant researches/source of information for each question.Run this prompt thrice, once for each expert, in the same chat session.
Let’s see a few interesting angles our experts revealed:
From our Health Expert:
From our Wealth Expert:
From our Relationships Expert:
Again, verify the research that the model cites.
You can already sense that these insights are much richer than ones we began with. But, we’ll not stop here. We’ll go a level deeper.
Step 3: Finding the Unique Intersection
Let’s bring these experts together to find unique angles that nobody else is writing about.
Okay, now create a situation where the three experts come together to create an article on this topic. I want you to brainstorm five unexpected angles on which they could write an article.
These are the three angles you must explore:
1. Trends moving opposite to public perception
2. A counter-intuitive segment/industry benefiting positively from the situation
3. A counter-intuitive segment/industry affected negatively from the situation
Also, after you create five topics, I want you to list the topic that would be most unique and high impact among the five.Check out these unique angles our expert panel discovered:
This gives us a solid direction for our research and also experts whose studies we can refer. Identify the most impactful angle and use it to guide your writing.
Try This Now:
Pick your current research topic
Run it through each prompt in order
Save the outputs - they’re your research gold!
Quick Tip: Save these prompts in a “Research Toolkit” document. They’ll become your secret weapon for generating deep insights on any topic.
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