Hidden Risk: Using Generative AI to Expose and Test What Your Team Believes

Product teams don’t usually fail because they can’t ship. They fail because they ship on untested assumptions — about user motivation, behavior change, urgency, trust, or value.

In this hands-on workshop, Raelin Sawka Musuraca, Master of Human-Computer Interaction (MHCI) Program Director at Carnegie Mellon University, will introduce a Gen AI approach to Assumption Artifacts — fast, low-effort experiments designed to uncover and test the beliefs driving your roadmap decisions.

You’ll learn how to use Generative AI inside the discovery process to:

• Surface hidden assumptions your team hasn’t articulated
• Identify which beliefs carry the greatest product risk
• Generate multiple testable artifacts in minutes

Working in small groups with live prompt templates, you’ll create AI-assisted assumption artifacts and lightweight validation plans you can immediately apply to your own product work.

If you’re prioritizing features, shaping strategy, or making bets under uncertainty, this session will give you a practical way to reduce hidden risk — faster.

Agenda
5:30–6:00 PM – Arrival & networking
6:00–6:30 PM – Framing: Hidden product risk & AI-integrated Assumption Artifacts
6:30–7:30 PM – Group activity: Generate and test AI-assisted assumption artifacts
7:30–8:00 PM – Open discussion & networking

Bring Your Laptop
CMU will provide WiFi so that you can get hands-on and try some prompting!

Location
HCII - Human-Computer Interaction Institute
407 South Craig Street, Pittsburgh, 15213, First Floor Classroom

Parking

• Morewood Parking lot is free after 5pm, and an 8-minute walk.

Morewood lot GPS Address: 1048 Morewood Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213

• Dithridge Street Garage is $15 after 5pm, and a 3-minute walk.

Dithridge GPS Address: 252 S Dithridge St., Pittsburgh, PA 15213

• Attendees may also find free metered street parking after 6pm on South Craig Street or Fifth Avenue.

We are grateful to the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) at CMU for hosting this meetup, as well as providing snacks for attendees!