RECAP: Generative AI: Your New Favorite Intern

During last week's Lunch and Learn Webinar Matt Rocha from Aki Technologies presented his topic: Generative AI: Your New Favorite Intern.

Some insights from the webinar:

• Know Before You Go
  • You interact with traditional AI daily 
    • Everything from Siri to Netflix recommendations
  • AI is not a search engine
  • Not all AI tools know the same thing
• AI Playground: Mastering the Rules for Safe Fun
  • Sensitive information
  • Bias
  • Fact Check
  • Copyright
  • Supervise
  • Stick to what you know
• AI will be your new favorite Intern
  • Team Appreciation
    • "Generate ides for show appreciation to colleagues and team members"
  • Summaries
    • "Provide a summary of this article about (topic), highlighting the key points in 3-5 sentences."
  • Proofreading
    • "First, review & grade each section of this email. Then suggest any improvements."
  • Gifts
    • "Help me create a list of gifts for my boss. She likes the NY Jets, Sushi, pottery and crossword puzzles"
• KISS: Keep it Simple Smarty-pants
  • Example Commands:
    • Remove all commas from the list
    • Calculate the percentage change from 50-75
    • Remove Duplicates from the list
    • Give me emojis to represent a beach day
    • Generate a random number between 1-100
    • Alphabetize this list
• Don't Overwork the New Assistant
  • AI is better at "tasks" than "jobs"
  • Start with "write a thesis statement" before you ask for an entire essay
    • Then add in layers
      • Ex. Generate a creative description for our new attraction, __, that would capture the interest of Empty Nesters. 
    • Give your intern some directions (Context)
      • Go into detail
    • Control the output and tone
      • examples:
        • Keep the response under 300 words
        • Craft a heartfelt message...
        • Design a timeline for promoting our upcoming...
    • Teach the AI to be like you
      • Give is examples of your writing style, tone, and preferences
• AI can teach you how to AI
  • Try something new everyday on AI
  • Practice, Iterate and share
    • Ex. "I like your 3rd suggestion. Could you create 5 more like that?" 
  • Lean on others for AI tech
    • GuideGeek
    • Grammerly
    • Intentful Happy Places

We would like to give our sincere thanks to Matt Rocha for providing his time and valuable insights on Generative AI: Your New Favorite Intern. You can learn more about Aki Technologies by visiting their website.

The recording and slide deck can be found below.