At several events I’ve spoken at recently, I’ve been told by people that they feel they’re beginning, intermediate, or advanced in AI. Yet once the session starts, and we start digging in, it becomes abundantly clear that those labels are meaningless. One person’s advanced is another person’s basic. This is especially challenging for those of…
The more specific a piece of data, the less useful it is in forecasting. This is a maxim of predictive analytics. Predicting audience behaviors based on the year they were born is useful. Predicting audience behaviors based on individuals’ exact birthdays is not useful. Which is why, in OpenAI’s newest paper on hallucination in generative…
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Summary In today's episode, I evaluate the accuracy and trustworthiness of Google Colab AI for data analysis and code generation. Here's what this means for you. You can leverage Colab to perform complex mathematical computations more reliably than standard predictive language models. You'll also learn these concepts: why traditional AI struggles with math due to…
Summary In today's episode, I walk through Anthropic's new Claude Skills feature with live demos of building, invoking, and deploying them across real workflows. Here's what this means for you. You'll see how portable AI skills let you package expertise into reusable, shareable assets that transform any Claude conversation into a structured advisory session. You'll…
Summary In today's episode, I explain how Markdown syntax like asterisks improves your AI prompting. Here's what this means for you. You gain better control over AI responses by using simple text symbols to provide clear structure and emphasis. You'll also learn these concepts: how Markdown creates lightweight formatting through plain text, why this approach…
Summary In today's episode, I demonstrate how to deploy and refine AI-generated content for maximum impact. Here's what this means for you. You can turn basic AI drafts into high-quality pillar content that captures human attention in an automated world. You'll also learn these concepts: how markdown and tables of contents aid crawlers, why a…
