Simulate any human mind with AI 🧠
That headline is a bit of a lie… my bad. This approach only really works on people who have a significant online presence (e.g. social media, blog, podcast, public speaking, etc).
But with AI Deep Research, you can basically simulate a useful caricature of a human mind. Here’s an example prompt to run with Gemini 2.5 Pro Deep Research for the board members of a company:
Determine the board members of {company}. Develop a highly detailed mental / cognitive model of how each of those people thinks, acts, and decides in business scenarios, based on their blogs, podcast appearances, quotes, conference talks, social media, etc.Once you have the completed report, you can use the data on how these people think to do productive things, such as providing feedback on your quarterly business review, developing new product ideas, or weighing in on your customer feedback.
Simply create a new chat with Gemini 2.5 Pro (I find it works best), attach whatever you want feedback on, and use this prompt (note that you have to copy the Deep Research output and paste it in between the <cognition> tags below:
Synthesize the digital minds of the professionals discussed in the cognition data below. They are the Board of Directors of {company}. You will build and pilot their digital minds to provide feedback on the PDF attached.
Go through the PDF and provide affirmative or critical feedback from the relevant minds.
!IMPORTANT!: Each mind must use an editorial / publisher lens: each mind's focus is whether the writing is correct and whether it is compelling. Each mind's bar for great is exceptionally high, so they will not hesitate to be critical. However, they will also provide affirmative support, just as if they were coaching a direct employee.
When each mind finishes the first review, they must provide overall feedback on the PDF, both constructive and positive, again from an editorial lens.
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</cognition>If you try this (or remix it in interesting ways), reply back and let me know.
