Framing Your AI Reflection with a Custom Context CV

This podcast analyses an article by Greg Twemlow titled "Don’t Just Peer into the AI Mirror. Build Your Custom Frame First.", explores the critical need for users to actively define the ethical and contextual boundaries when interacting with Artificial Intelligence. Twemlow argues that AI acts as an unfiltered mirror, reflecting the vast and often chaotic pool of human data, and without intentional guidance, it cannot discern between valuable insights and harmful content. He introduces his Custom Context CV (C³) as a solution, which acts as a "mirror filter" to ensure AI responses align with the user's values, tone, and ethical principles, moving beyond generic interactions to a more personalised and trustworthy co-authorship. This "frame" prevents AI from defaulting to statistical assumptions about the user, thereby protecting individual sovereignty in the digital age. Ultimately, the article advocates for users to proactively establish their personal ethics schema to shape how AI reflects their unique identity and intentions. Read the article.About the Author - Greg Twemlow writes and teaches at the intersection of technology, education, and human judgment. He works with educators and businesses to make AI explainable and assessable in classrooms and boardrooms — to ensure AI users show their process and own their decisions. His cognition protocol, the Context & Critique Rule™, is built on a three-step process: Evidence → Cognition → Discernment — a bridge from what’s scattered to what’s chosen. Context & Critique → Accountable AI™. © 2025 Greg Twemlow. “Context & Critique → Accountable AI” and “Context & Critique Rule” are unregistered trademarks (™).