Several months ago, I joined a WhatsApp community with around 500 people. Once a community becomes large enough, you start noticing certain patterns.Whenever someone announced a new product idea, the responses were usually the same:“That sounds amazing.”“I would definitely use it.”“Great idea.”“Can’t wait to try it.”I do not think people were intentionally being dishonest. Most were simply being kind. Nobody wants to be the person who discourages someone before they have even started.But that is also the problem. Agreement is easier than challenge, and encouragement can easily be mistaken for validation.The second moment happened at a local accelerator hub. I met a founder who had hired a developer to build an online education platform for her workplace-harassment awareness programme.I asked whether she had used ChatGPT to pressure-test the idea before committing to development. She confidently told me that she had.That conversation stayed with me.Using an LLM is easy. Knowing what to ...