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The Complete Exercise Set
You work every stage of the discipline, from taking a fluent AI answer apart through running a validation workflow to building critical appraisal into daily work. Nothing is sampled. All of it is practiced.
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Prove the Habit Under Pressure
The capstone puts your reasoning against a full scored assessment where the fluent answer is not always the right one. Passing takes 80 percent, so the certificate reflects a habit, not an hour spent.
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A Certificate You Have to Pass For
You leave with a certificate that says you can tell fluent from correct and act on it. It documents specialized training in critical thinking with AI
About the course
This is the complete course. Four hours, the full exercise set, a scored capstone, and a certificate. It is built for the professional who wants to own critical thinking with AI as a discipline rather than sample it, and to hold a credential that says so. You work every stage of the discipline. The failure modes that make AI outputs risky. A framework for appraising what the machine hands you. The validation workflow that turns an appraisal into a routine. And the practice of building that routine into daily work, so it holds under pressure rather than only in a classroom. Then you take your judgment through a scored assessment, with the certificate gated behind an 80 percent standard so it carries weight. Every exercise and the capstone are drawn from real engagements, reworked for practice. You leave having done the whole discipline and proven you can, not having watched it explained.
Work the complete exercise set, every stage from spotting AI failure to a daily appraisal habit, with nothing left as a sample.
Put your reasoning through a scored capstone gated at 80 percent, so the pass reflects a real habit of appraisal.
Earn a certificate that says your judgment holds under AI, backed by the capstone rather than by seat time.
Sean Mahon
A senior intelligence professional with over 20 years of experience across military intelligence, KYC/AML compliance, open-source intelligence instruction, and forensic due diligence. He has directed analytical teams in regulated, high-stakes environments where incomplete or misattributed information can have significant operational and legal consequences. As the founder of The Collective Risk Intelligence, he provides structured, evidence-based due diligence and investigative analysis to law firms, private equity firms, investment firms, and high-net-worth individuals. His expertise lies at the intersection of investigative intelligence, identity verification, and litigation support, where the standard of proof is uncompromising. The course content is derived from analytical methodologies used in real-world engagements rather than theoretical frameworks developed in academic settings.
Inside the Workshop
Four hours. Eight teaching lessons, four hands-on exercises, and a scored capstone, building from the confidence gap to a full validation workflow. The Confidence Gap • The AI confidence gap, and how AI generates content: prediction versus reasoning. • Exercise: Analyzing AI Responses Where AI Fails • Identifying AI failure modes, and the confidence problem in practice. • Exercise: Flawed AI Report Analysis A Framework for Appraisal • The critical thinking framework for AI outputs, and applying it. • Exercise: Framework Application From Analysis to Action • The validation workflow, and validating an AI-generated report end to end. • Exercise: Full Validation Workflow Capstone • Overview, practice, and scenario, then a scored capstone assessment gated at 80 percent. The certificate and downloadable quick references unlock on completion. Every exercise and the capstone are drawn from real engagements, reworked for practice. You leave having done the whole discipline and proven you can.
Keep the Thinking Yours. Prove It. Earn the Credential.
Critical Thinking in the Age of AI is a four-hour workshop, with the full exercise set, a scored capstone, and a certificate. Enroll now and complete the discipline end to end.
$950.00