UXR Meetup · Thu, August 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM (UTC)
The Biggest Predictor of Research Quality Is the One AI Ignores
Most AI research tools compete on speed, and for good reason. Data collection, transcription, and synthesis eat the hours. But speeding up the work downstream does nothing if the thinking upstream was wrong.
In this session, Michele Ronsen shows what happens when AI works upstream. That's where judgment matters most, and where research goes wrong first. Using an AI research partner she built on Curiosity Tank's methodology, she pressure-tests real, anonymized research.
Because speed only helps once the thinking upstream is sound. Come see it in action!
Our Speakers
What to expect
In this Meetup, you'll learn:
Where a study looks sound but isn't, before fieldwork begins
How AI can show why an objective, method, or screener is weak, not just flag it
What changes when a PM or designer runs the study instead of a trained researcher


