Coburn Ventures Podcast #259: Multiple AI’s? With Mike Lee
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Mar 14, 2026 Mike Lee, product designer and hands-on AI practitioner who built a 2024 picture book with AI, joins to cut through the noise. He frames LLMs as team members with roles. He walks through integrating models into workflows, iterative prompting tactics, his preferred model stack, and top tools for AI image generation.
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Treat LLMs As Team Members
- Stop thinking of LLMs as apps and treat them as people on your team who have strengths and weaknesses.
- Mike Lee says manage LLMs like team members: deploy them where they excel and give clear guidance like you would a new hire.
Ask LLMs How They Can Help
- Ask your LLMs directly how they can help and iteratively refine via complaints and explanations until satisfied.
- Mike recommends asking an LLM to assess your daily workflow so it can suggest concrete ways to assist you.
Use Complain And Explain Iterations
- Use the 'complain and explain' rhythm: state objections, explain them, then ask for solutions repeatedly.
- Pip Coburn describes this as a workshop technique to iterate with an LLM until it meets your needs.