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AI in Practice
AI just came for design
Anthropic just launched Claude Design yesterday. Before I say what I think about the tool, I want to tell you about a story I read earlier in the week from BEFORE the launch. The story came from a designer called Nurkhon, writing on Substack. A product manager walked into a meeting, typed one sentence into […]
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How to Use AI for Professional Writing
My Workflow for Using AI Without Losing Authority I use AI for a huge amount of my high-stakes professional writing now. Not because it's smarter than me... ok, I mean, it is, but... But it handles the parts...
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AI Strategy
Are You Still an Author if AI Helps You Write?
If AI helped you write your book, are you really the author? It's a question that's keeping writers, creators, and thought leaders up at night. As AI tools become increasingly sophisticated, we're all...
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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....
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AI Strategy
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...
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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...
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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...
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Custom GPTs
ChatGPT and other general-purpose language models are incredibly powerful and useful But creating a "custom GPT" can give huge benefits for very little effort. For example, as part of the creation process...
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AI in Practice
How to Use AI in a Practical Way in Your Business
I'm thrilled to share that was invited to guest on the Unbillable Hours podcast to chat with Florian and Ash about AI. In the episode, titled "Leveraging AI," we explore the practical applications of AI in...
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ChatGPT and AI Tools: A Comprehensive Guide
ChatGPT and AI Tools: A Comprehensive Guide for Content Creation and Business Alastair McDermott, 11th July 2023 These are my notes for everyone attending today's Roscommon LEO workshop on using ChatGPT and...
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