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Ethan Truong

AI/ML research

Berkeley ChatGPT Lab Session

Berkeley, CA

Apr 14, 2026

A live student discussion session at UC Berkeley to test how AI education ideas hold up in real workflows.

Interviews can miss the social side of how students talk through AI tools together.

I brought students into a focused lab, watched their workflow patterns, and compared the group discussion against the interview themes.

It helped separate isolated pain points from patterns that repeated across students and contexts.

It made the research less abstract and tied the product recommendations to behavior I'd actually seen.

Highlights

  • Hosted a student lab session at UC Berkeley.
  • Compared live discussion against interview patterns.
  • Used the session to sharpen education-focused UI recommendations.