䷿ "Context engineering is the systematic discipline of designing, constructing, and delivering a complete informational environment to an AI model prior to generation." - Antonio Gulli Even the best prompts will fail without the right context. Giving AI backstory and reference material will create a landscape that is suitable to your scenario. The art of [...]
📊 “The AI displacement of white-collar jobs is upon us. The traditional career path is dying, and AI-driven productivity is redefining what’s possible.” - Peter Diamandis I am sure your inbox has been overflowing this past week! As a general rule, I habitually avoid Black Friday. My years as a marketer taught me that there [...]
“Modern work demands knowledge transfer: the ability to apply knowledge to new situations and different domains.” - David Epstein In his book Range, author David Epstein makes the case that shallow and wide generalists have become more powerful than narrow, deep specialists. Having access to a wide variety of different bodies of knowledge gives the [...]
🤖 “There will be two types of companies in the future: those who are leading with AI, and those who are irrelevant.” - Jeetu Patel, Cisco There’s a growing difference between people who use AI and people who think with it. That’s the difference between overwhelm and opportunity. Between playing catch-up and setting the pace. The AI F.A.S.T. Class Series is [...]
📊 Practical, hands-on experience in using AI tools is the biggest predictor of success. Let’s be real: Everyone’s talking about AI, but most professionals are still experimenting blindly. If you’ve been wondering whether an AI workshop is worth your time — this one’s for you. Here are the most common questions I have been getting [...]
🔮 The future isn't AI-first - it's human-first with AI-powered humans. A lot of people think AI is coming for their jobs. They’re wrong. AI is coming for their tasks. But the work that matters — the uniquely human work — still belongs to us. What makes us human is what makes us valuable, in a [...]
“The shape of the traditional hierarchy is going to change, especially as people become moderators of AI output.” - Dr Amanda Williamson The #AotearoaAISummit hosted by the AI Forum NZ explored some really interesting conversations last week. Here are my takeaways: The emcee Megan Tapsell shared that what 5 BAs could do in 1 [...]
"Vision without execution is hallucination."- Thomas EdisonWhat is a hallucination? It's not so trippy. With an LLM, a hallucination is a factual error asserted confidently.GPTs only create strings of words that sounds like language. If it doesn't know the facts, it fills in gaps with fiction.Responses are only accurate if you explicitly demand accuracy.Try this [...]
“We are the AI Generation.” - Doreen Bogdan-Martin Last week I published a scathing teardown of the 22-page AI Strategy published by the New Zealand government. (Read that teardown here.) This failure reminds me of the stick-in-spokes meme, because there was already a lot of progress completed in creating a comprehensive AI strategy for [...]
“The future belongs to those who can synthesize, not just analyze. The AI Generalist doesn’t compete with artificial intelligence—they choreograph it.” - Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind As the only country in the OECD that had yet to publish an AI Strategy, New Zealand has finally published a 22-page document full of AI slop. [...]