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Before you waste another hour on ChatGPT…
🎓 “AI might take some jobs, but if you don’t learn AI, how are you going to be competitive?" - Michael Park What I hear from people, when they want to improve their AI skills, is that they don't know where to start. Because there's so many different tools, that can do so many different things, it's overwhelming. So they just pick one tool to learn how to do a thing or two, but they don't have a structured learning [...]
AI isn’t taking your job — it’s taking your tasks.
🔮 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 world shared with AI. Emotional intelligence, creative taste, adaptability, and ethics are uniquely human, which makes them our survival skills for the future. Taste. Judgment. [...]
OpenAI’s Incredible New Announcements (+Announcing: The AI F.A.S.T. Class)
📊 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: 📈 +45% in Confidence in using AI tools for daily tasks 🛠️ +56% in ability to craft effective AI Prompts ⚡ +65% in efficiency improvement on productivity 🎯 +75% in AI’s impact on strategic decision-making 🎨 +67% in AI’s role in work requiring creativity “This was probably the best workshop that I have attended, and multiple people said the [...]
My Takeaways from the Aotearoa AI Summit 2025
“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 year can now be accomplished in 1 day. The New Zealand Institute for Advanced Technology announced they would provide $231 million in funding over 4 [...]
Learn AI with 30 AI Games in 30 Days
"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 joined me to play some AI Training games I've developed, and gave me targeted feedback on how to make these games more practical for leaning [...]
Avoid Hallucinations with the Accuracy Output Mandate
"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 prompt:Implement a strict Accuracy Output Mandate for every response:Only present verifiable facts. If you cannot confirm something directly, reply with “I cannot verify this,” “I [...]