AI in Practice – Page 2

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...

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...

How Small Businesses Can Use AI to Save Time and Boost Productivity

Practical AI Applications for Small Businesses I recently led a workshop on AI applications for small businesses with 1-10 employees. Here's what you need to know to start using AI effectively without major...

Turn Your AI Idea into Reality with the Custom GPT Builder

I've built a lot of custom AI assistants using OpenAI's CustomGPTs and other systems like Claude and Gemini over the past 12-18 months. However, this latest one is a little bit different. It's a CustomGPT...

Write Better AI Prompts for Deep Research

I created an 8-part checklist that consistently gets better deep research from AI tools. Getting Better Results from AI Deep Research: the "RGOSPACE" Framework Sometimes we want AI to give us quick answers....

AI Agents Getting Closer to Reality

AI just learned how to work on your desktop. This is a BFD. A few weeks ago I wrote you an email telling you about what I consider the “killer app” of AI... for 2024 (RAG, an incredibly valuable technique.)...