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Want Practical AI Skills in 3 Minutes a Day?

Want to Learn AI in Just 3 Minutes a Day? I'm working on a new online course: AI Foundations - Ultra-Micro Video Learning. Each lesson will be just 2 to 3 minutes long, teaching one clear concept at a time....

The secret to high-quality AI output

If you're only telling your AI what to do, you're missing 65% of what it could deliver. Most AI prompts rely on one brain. Here's how to activate both. You spend 2 hours crafting the perfect AI prompt for an...

Practical Takeaways from the William Fry AI Summit 2025

Research shows generative AI adoption in Ireland more than doubled – from 49% to 91% – in just 12 months. Here's what smart businesses are doing next. That kind of growth doesn't happen by chance. It signals...

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...

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