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Dr. Marily Nika, longtime AI PM at Google and Meta, shares a simple weekly ritual that rapidly builds AI product sense – the ability to translate probabilistic model behavior into products people can trust. In this episode, Marily walks through the framework for uncovering failure modes before users do.

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In this episode, you’ll learn

• Why Meta added “Product Sense with AI” to its PM interview loop

• The rituals that surface hidden failure modes

• Why generative models confidently invent structure when confronted with mess

• What minimum viable quality (MVQ) means and how to define three critical thresholds

• Five strategic context factors that raise or lower your quality bar

• Why you need to estimate your AI feature’s cost envelope early

• How to design guardrails that protect users from model shortcomings

• Four patterns that cover most real-world failure cases

Referenced

• AI PM Bootcamp & Certification

• AI Product Sense & AI PM Interview prep

• Dr. Marily Nika: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marilynika/

• How to build AI Product sense (Part 1)

• Marily’s AI Product Academy Newsletter

• Thriving as a senior IC PM in the AI era

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