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AI
Pioneers
Path
About
How does AI think?
Custom GPTs
Email updates
Quick links
My guide: '
what is generative AI / what is an LLM
'?
My guide: '
why do I want a CustomGPT / how do I make one in seconds
'?
Security/privacy: Mozilla (makers of Firefox) on
safeguarding your privacy
About me:
What I do
(former CTO, now: C-level advisor, Strategy advisory, etc)
Easy, practical, uses of AI:
These are all real-world examples of things I've used AI for, from 2023 onwards.
2025 summarise a whole folder of docs
Summarise a set of documents so colleagues know whether to read them (or not)
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12 x Principles for building AI-powered software that delivers real-world value to customers
Steal passwords from screenshare/recordings?
Use ChatGPT to read blurred secure text
Write GoogleSheets formulas perfect 1st-time
Write complex spreadsheet formulas in Google Docs
SAVED: 30 mins
Use voice to generate powerpoint slides
Write a presentation/conference talk by speaking
SAVED: 2-3 hours
Product-Market Fit automated by AI
AI-driven Customer Discovery to find P/MF
SAVED: 2-4 weeks
Unique xmas card for each family or friend, cheaply
Personalised, high-quality, Xmas cards for $1.50 each
Completing a half-written AI-app
AI-CODING: Using Claude to fix a half-written codebase
chatgpt makes 3D maps - part 1
ChatGPT part 1: create a 3D view of a 2D map from a videogame
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How I assess AI-coding assistants and AI devtools
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A Practical Guide for non-Technical people: Create Your Own Custom AI in Minutes
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What does ChatGPT actually do, how does it work, and how can I use it?
Interpret job-interview questions
What does this job-interview question mean?
CustomGPT
Code Review for Engineers
Review code-commits by Engineering staff
CustomGPT
Writing a complaint
Writing a complaint email … professionally
SAVED: 30 minutes
Searching in free text
Fact check something in a 1-hour video without watching the whole thing
SAVED: 15-60 minutes
YouTube
CV/Resume Reviewer
Predict why your CV/Resume will be interviewed or rejected, and create cover-letter
CustomGPT
Intro to ChatGPT
How to get excited about (and play with) ChatGPT – spring 2024
ChatGPT
Icons and Images
Create new scalable vector icons/images from text descriptions
SVG
[from the Bedtime Story maker]
Outcome: (bedtime story generator) Story for grownups 1
[from the Bedtime Story maker]
Outcome: (bedtime story generator) Story for children 1
Prepare for Interviews
Automatically write ‘STAR’ questions – and answers! – for your work history
CustomGPT
Children and Parents
Create custom per-child bedtime stories with built-in lessons
Fake portrait photos
Create fake photos of friends and family using MidJourney
MidJourney
3D meshes for games
Make high-detail 3D mesh for games from 2D concept-art
Marketing and Copy
Rapidly generate high-quality SEO-friendly articles
AI Tools Review
2024 April Review of Prompt Management Tools
Images from text
Use DALL-E to generate effective image for LinkedIn posts
Product Onboarding
Improve Onboarding experience for new products
Artificial Experts
Generate nuanced, high-quality sales material for new products
Automate Email replies
Make an AI to read spam Recruiter emails, auto-reply with core questions/requests
Artificial Expert
AI as a junior Marketing Manager, correcting/writing Copy
AI Expert
Take messy Customer Development and do it leaner, faster – like an MBA Intern
Earn more money
Use AI to get a better-paid job / higher Salary
Writing Assistance
Speed-up ‘high quality’ writing by domain-experts – new works that advance the art
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Experiment: Can LLMs ‘reason’, from a scientific/mathematical perspective? If not, what’s the gap / what’s missing?