Thoughts Brewing Blog

You don’t always have to have AI tools do something for you.  You can also have them work with you on tasks.  

Wearing burnout like a Boy Scout badge? Might wanna rethink that before your brain reboots mid-Zoom.

One of the near-universal complaints about AI tools is that they can make up information and present it as if it was “true” (aka hallucinate).

If ChatGPT were a new hire, it would be that overly formal coworker who starts every freakin email with “Per my last email…..” and thinks “Best regards” is edgy.  Here’s how you can start by fixing that.

I know, I know - what is this and why would you care…?

Google Stitch is an AI tool that is focused on building UI (user interfaces).  Here is Google’s answer to “What is Stitch?” from their FAQ -

Before you throw shade at AI’s carbon footprint, let’s talk about your Netflix habit.

Answering your questions about business and technology

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I organized a training workshop for my team where they were shown 20 different scenarios where they could use AI. I thought that would be enough variety for them to start using AI in their day-to-day work....

When you start paying attention to the models that you are using with AI tools, you’ll eventually come across flash models.  These are smaller, faster models that can’t do as much as some other models but you may want to use them anyway.

Innovation doesn’t always look like perfect plans, tidy timelines, polished posts. Most of the time, it looks like a Gremlin was let loose in your pile of handwritten chicken-scratch notes you can barely read, experiments that wobble (and sometimes fall down), and ideas...

Some quotes don’t need dressing up. They walk in, drop the truth, and leave quietly through the side door.