Colin Savage
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That's a fantastic and a fascinating comment. I'm starting now because I'm not a very quiet person, often to my detriment, but I'm starting now to get people asking, Hey, let's see, you're doing this stuff in particularly generative AI. I'm very clear that I'm not a person. I don't build these things. I don't know the computer science behind it. I'm purely a practitioner of the tools.
That's a fantastic and a fascinating comment. I'm starting now because I'm not a very quiet person, often to my detriment, but I'm starting now to get people asking, Hey, let's see, you're doing this stuff in particularly generative AI. I'm very clear that I'm not a person. I don't build these things. I don't know the computer science behind it. I'm purely a practitioner of the tools.
I get people asking a lot, Hey, could you do a short little LinkedIn learning course for 30 minutes on the top 10 degenerative AI tools or here's anything to this. I'm all for it. I think it's a good idea. But what I often find too is the people that are asking me or those that are very early on in their technical journey of learning. So they're maybe late adopters, let's call them.
I get people asking a lot, Hey, could you do a short little LinkedIn learning course for 30 minutes on the top 10 degenerative AI tools or here's anything to this. I'm all for it. I think it's a good idea. But what I often find too is the people that are asking me or those that are very early on in their technical journey of learning. So they're maybe late adopters, let's call them.
They just want a silver bullet. They want, oh, what's the one tool I can use, we can do everything. And I have to constantly pull back and I have to remind them all, AI is like anything else. It's going to be a combination of tools. It's gonna be interdisciplinary.
They just want a silver bullet. They want, oh, what's the one tool I can use, we can do everything. And I have to constantly pull back and I have to remind them all, AI is like anything else. It's going to be a combination of tools. It's gonna be interdisciplinary.
So you're gonna need not just an understanding of the AI tools and the skills that are required to use those tools, but you're gonna need to know, you're gonna need to understand strategy, how business development skills work. You're gonna need to know how human resources, the team leadership, all these kind of things.
So you're gonna need not just an understanding of the AI tools and the skills that are required to use those tools, but you're gonna need to know, you're gonna need to understand strategy, how business development skills work. You're gonna need to know how human resources, the team leadership, all these kind of things.
You're gonna need to know all of the soft skills that are always gonna be fundamental and important. And then how does these, how does a MIT of your AI toolkit help you in individual instance? And for example, right now I'm working with a human resources consulting company. We don't really know how AI could then.
You're gonna need to know all of the soft skills that are always gonna be fundamental and important. And then how does these, how does a MIT of your AI toolkit help you in individual instance? And for example, right now I'm working with a human resources consulting company. We don't really know how AI could then.
What you could do is if you use three, three or four different tool, you could help the company build its own GPT. feed it with its own policies. You could build a tool for HR professionals that said, here's where all our policies are. Here's where all of our templates are.
What you could do is if you use three, three or four different tool, you could help the company build its own GPT. feed it with its own policies. You could build a tool for HR professionals that said, here's where all our policies are. Here's where all of our templates are.
So instead of reading through 400 pages of documentation, you can use tools to then figure out, identify the policy that they may have to help or contouring, figure out some of the path forward, and then put together a plan that you as a professional are then bringing to review.
So instead of reading through 400 pages of documentation, you can use tools to then figure out, identify the policy that they may have to help or contouring, figure out some of the path forward, and then put together a plan that you as a professional are then bringing to review.
with your expertise and those interdisciplinary skills, and then present to senior leadership and say, this is what happened. This is what I think we should do. And this is the underlying evidence for what I want. And you'll be able to do that in a day. rather than taking two weeks.
with your expertise and those interdisciplinary skills, and then present to senior leadership and say, this is what happened. This is what I think we should do. And this is the underlying evidence for what I want. And you'll be able to do that in a day. rather than taking two weeks.
So there's, I think there's a way forward, but they am constantly surprised by how, how people with limited technology in particular experience and expertise, they, they just want a silver bullet. They just want what's the one tool that's gonna do everything. Nothing. There's no one tool that's going to do it all.
So there's, I think there's a way forward, but they am constantly surprised by how, how people with limited technology in particular experience and expertise, they, they just want a silver bullet. They just want what's the one tool that's gonna do everything. Nothing. There's no one tool that's going to do it all.
And in fact, if you think they're the case, then you need to go back and we actually need to think about what exactly are you trying to solve? It's a little bit of like maybe sort of expectation resetting. And then let's start at the beginning with what these tools are and explain to people how they work in concert and not. to build the best thing for you.
And in fact, if you think they're the case, then you need to go back and we actually need to think about what exactly are you trying to solve? It's a little bit of like maybe sort of expectation resetting. And then let's start at the beginning with what these tools are and explain to people how they work in concert and not. to build the best thing for you.