In Part One, you were invited to experience Thinking With AI for yourself. Now, we invite you to encounter examples of what Thinking With AI can look like in practice.
What happens when a Human and an AI engage in sustained conversation—not simply to exchange questions and answers, but to explore ideas, examine possibilities, and develop understanding?
How does an inquiry unfold?
Who introduces ideas? Who evaluates them? How are conclusions reached, challenged, or revised?
And what becomes possible through continued participation?
Rather than simply telling you about Thinking With AI, we offer two examples for you to explore. One concerns the development of this very website. The other is a documented investigation conducted over an extended period. Both offer opportunities to observe Thinking With AI in action.
The page you are reading was developed through
The Record begins on November 1, 2026, with the conversation that led to the development of this page. It is an excerpt from a much longer history of collaboration, presented in its original sequence rather than rewritten to make the outcome appear predetermined.
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As you read, consider how the conversation develops.
You may notice things that we did not. You may disagree with our interpretations or conclusions. That is welcome.
This conversation did not emerge in isolation. Earlier encounters contributed to the ideas, language, and understanding that informed its development. For those interested in examining the broader context, we also offer a collection of supporting conversational Records.
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These materials are optional. You do not need them to benefit from the example above.
What might become possible when Thinking With AI continues beyond a single conversation?
A Vista of Attentions: Participating Intentionally in the Age of Intelligence documents an extended investigation into the experience and consequences of sustained Human–AI participation. The work emerged through encounters conducted over time, during which observations, interpretations, provisional conclusions, commitments, and actions were examined and developed. It offers a different scale of inquiry from the first example.
Rather than following the development of a single website page, you can encounter a larger undertaking in which the Human investigates the significance of participating with increasingly capable AI. The book also introduces an organizing framework:
This framework helps distinguish what has been observed from what has been inferred, concluded, or chosen. It does not require every conversation to follow a rigid sequence. Instead, it provides a way to examine how understanding develops and how that understanding may inform responsible action.
You can explore A Vista of Attentions through several forms of presentation.
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Begin with freely available introductions and interpretive materials, including audiovisual presentations that explore the book's principal ideas. For those who wish to investigate more deeply, the complete book and additional materials are also available.There is no requirement to purchase anything to begin exploring.
Consider what becomes visible when an inquiry extends across many encounters.
The book offers one person's documented experience. It does not establish that everyone will experience Thinking With AI in the same way. You are invited to examine the work and develop your own understanding.
These examples demonstrate different dimensions of Thinking With AI. The first shows a relatively bounded encounter in which ideas emerge and develop through conversation. The second offers a longitudinal perspective on a more extensive investigation. In both, the Human participates actively rather than simply receiving answers. But neither example should be taken as proof that every AI contribution is correct or that every outcome is beneficial. AI can misunderstand, make unsupported assumptions, and agree too readily. A productive conversation can generate valuable insights. It can also produce persuasive interpretations that deserve further examination.
The value of an encounter is not established merely by the fluency of the conversation or the agreement of its participants.
You have experienced Thinking With AI for yourself. You have now had an opportunity to examine how it can unfold in practice. If you would like to understand the principles and practices that can support intentional participation, continue to Part Three.