I share this at this morning’s Tourism Industry Association of Alberta (TIAA) keynote: The distance to done is getting shorter by the day. Basic workflows in tools like ChatGPT get things done faster than without, for many tasks. Gems, GPTs, n8ns, makes, etc. all shorten that distance, accelerating progress. But agents? Agents are the fastest…
Context engineering is data management. That’s anticlimactic, isn’t it? You hear everyone from Satya Nadella (Microsoft CEO) to AI bros hyping “context engineering” as the next big thing. It’s data management. If prompt engineering is building great recipes, context engineering is building great ingredients. Even the most decorated Michelin-starred chef can’t make rotted, spoiled food…
The greatest gap in AI today is between GPT and app. There is a moderate learning curve in using foundational generative AI, things like learning how to prompt. This is where a lot of people start their journey, and it’s a great place to start. You can do a lot and get a lot done…
Summary In today's episode, I walk through Google's Opal, a new agent builder still in Google Labs that lets you automate workflows inside the Google Workspace. Here's what this means for you. You get a practical look at how Opal's node-based structure works alongside the 5P framework so you can build reliable automations without writing…
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…
