 Thereâs a growing difference between people who use AI and people who think with it. Thatâs the difference between overwhelm and opportunity. Between playing catch-up and setting the pace. The AI F.A.S.T. Class Series is built to bridge that gap. Itâs not another theory-heavy course about âthe future of work.â Itâs a practical, hands-on pathway that helps you turn automation [...]
One of the questions I've been getting about the AI F.A.S.T. Class Series is - what is the workshop like? Are we listening to you talk, or are we getting hands-on, and actually doing something? If you want to see a sample of my teaching style, watch this 1-hour recording of a recent interactive workshop I taught [...]
đ Practical, hands-on experience in using AI tools is the biggest predictor of success. Letâs be real: Everyoneâs talking about AI, but most professionals are still experimenting blindly. If youâve been wondering whether an AI workshop is worth your time â this oneâs for you. Here are the most common questions I have been getting [...]
 đŽ 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. Theyâre wrong. AI is coming for their tasks. But the work that matters â the uniquely human work â still belongs to us. What makes us human is what makes us valuable, in [...]
 đ Microsoft estimates New Zealanders could save an average of 275 hours per year by using artificial intelligence. If you want to learn AI F.A.S.T. then I have the class for you. Participants in my workshops have demonstrated: đ +45% in Confidence in using AI tools for daily tasks đ ď¸Â +56% in ability to craft effective AI Prompts ââĄÂ +65% in efficiency improvement on productivity [...]
âThe shape of the traditional hierarchy is going to change, especially as people become moderators of AI output.â - 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 [...]
"We don't play games to avoid work; we play games to engage in well-designed work." - Dr Jason Fox If you gamify your work, you can get more done, in good cheer. That's the lesson learned from a recent AI Games Playtesting event I held in Christchurch. A dozen playtesters [...]
 What 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 prompt: Implement [...]
âCensorship and political control of AI is a thousand times more dangerous than censorship and political control of social media, maybe a million times more dangerous.â - Marc Andreessen There have been a lot of practical advances in AI tools recently, including: ChatGPT Agent - now it can do things, not just make things OpenAIÂ GPT-5Â - [...]
 âWe are the AI Generation.â - 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 [...]