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AI in Practice

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...
Jul 10, 2024
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AI in Practice

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-...
Jul 9, 2024
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AI Strategy

Top-down vs Bottom-up AI Strategy

AI Strategy: Are We Missing the Bigger Picture? In a recent episode of my podcast, The AI-Powered Business Leader, I had a fascinating chat with Jack Nugent about AI strategy. We discussed a critical...
Jul 5, 2024
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AI Strategy

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...
Jun 28, 2024
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AI in Practice

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...
Jun 22, 2024
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AI in Practice

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...
Mar 8, 2024
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