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// ai in practice · jul 10, 2024

Custom GPTs

ChatGPT and other general-purpose language models are incredibly capable 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 · jul 9, 2024

Understanding AI: The Nuances of Sentience vs Sapience

I grew up hearing about "sapience" and "sentience" on TV shows like Star Trek (TNG). I had a general idea of what they meant - usually an intelligent species on a planet somewhere was in trouble, and Jean-...
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// ai strategy · jul 5, 2024

Top-down vs Bottom-up AI Strategy

AI Strategy: Are We Missing the Bigger Picture? In a recent episode of my podcast, Fewer Late Nights, Not Fewer Humans, I had a fascinating chat with Jack Nugent about AI strategy. We discussed a critical...
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// ai strategy · jun 28, 2024

Automating the Mundane

In my last article, I talked about why we should take a human-first approach to AI in the workplace. Now, let's look at how we can put this into practice, starting with automating boring, repetitive tasks...
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// ai in practice · jun 22, 2024

LLMs and Reasoning

Large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4 are not great with reasoning. In fact they often get very simple puzzles wrong. Let's dive into why this happens and what it means. Pattern Recognition vs. Logical...
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// ai in practice · mar 8, 2024

What is a Context Window

I've been chatting with AI a lot lately. And I mean a lot. Sometimes I find myself scrolling back through endless messages, trying to find where we left off on a particular topic. And sometimes I get...
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