Journal
The mistake that got my new project on the right track.
A couple weeks ago, I kicked off a big project – master the AI tools reshaping the creative landscape. I’d written a V2MOM (Salesforce-speak for “master plan”). I’d built a lesson plan for week one. I had dozens of ideas for blog posts and plans to catch up with dozens of people.
And I didn’t know where to start. I was paralyzed.
Half-measures are for half-careers: making my sabbatical all about generative AI
A couple weeks ago, I announced I'm taking a sabbatical.
The only thing left to do was figure out how to use all that free time productively.
The answer has been staring me in the face: Learn how to use AI creative tools like a ninja. And design the course myself.
This DIY approach will either be brilliant or spectacularly inefficient. Either way, beats binge-watching Netflix.
The human case for being nice to robots
Recently, the Wall Street Journal ran a piece titled: “AI Doesn’t Care if You’re Polite to It. You Should Be Anyway.” It’s a great, quick, provocative read.
How do I feel about it? A frequent segment on “Real Time” with Bill Maher sums it up: “I don’t know it for a fact; I just know it’s true.”