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How to Get Started Using AI: 10 Real Ways AI Helps Me Work Smarter

The hardest part about AI isn’t using it - it’s knowing what to use it for. Here's my tip: don’t start with AI prompts or tools - start with where your work feels stuck. That’s where AI can help you today....

How Larger Context Windows Unlock AI Capabilities

Many AI users are running into invisible walls with AI. Those unseen walls are made of token limits. The moment your model can analyse everything - not just snippets of your information - is the moment your...

How Businesses Can Prepare for AGI

Google DeepMind's AGI Safety Blueprint: What Business Leaders Need to Know AGI is coming faster than most people realise. While the public and many business leaders still debate whether truly general AI is...

I Won’t Help You Fire Your Staff

I don't want to see a single human being laid off because of AI. Plain and simple. Some will call this naive. After all, the "inevitable future" is already unfolding - ChatGPT and Gemini are writing...

The Real Price of AI: Ethics, Energy, and Everything in Between

If your opinion on AI can fit on a bumper sticker, you're probably wrong. AI is a trade-off. It can optimise. It can scale. It can even help solve energy problems. But it also comes with real ethical and...

Why AI Accuracy Doesn’t Always Matter

“That’s about as insane of a statement as anyone can make.” That’s what someone said to me after I posted: “[AI] accuracy doesn’t matter in some fields.” (It was a robust conversation 🙂) And fair enough – on...

AI Frustrations: Why the Hype Rarely Matches Reality

AI Frustrations: Why the Hype Rarely Matches Reality Everyone says AI is improving - but what if it's not? What if the reality is far less impressive than the headlines suggest? A university educator...

Why I Use 5 AI Tools Instead of One (And How It Boosts My Results)

Why I Use Multiple AI Models (And Whether You Should Too) Most people only use one AI tool. I switch between five. That might sound inefficient, but it's been one of the biggest improvements in my workflow....

How Smart Teams Choose the Right AI for the Job

Don't Let Your Software Vendor Choose Your AI Most businesses use only the AI that comes with their software - like Microsoft Copilot or Google Gemini. I've found this limits your results without you even...

The AI Job Boom

AI is no longer a niche skill - it’s becoming a core competency. Since late 2022, AI-related job postings have increased by 68%, while overall tech job postings have fallen by 17% and general IT roles have...

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