Oct 9, 2025 | Articles
đ Microsoft estimates New Zealanders could save an average of 275 hours per year by using artificial intelligence. Hello Reader, If you want to learn AI F.A.S.T. then I have the class for you. Participants in my workshops have demonstrated: đ +45% in Confidence in using AI tools for daily tasksđ ď¸ +56% in ability to craft effective AI Prompts⥠+65% in efficiency improvement on productivityđŻ +75% in AIâs impact on strategic decision-makingđ¨ +67% in AIâs role in work requiring creativity âThis…
Sep 24, 2025 | Articles
âThe shape of the traditional hierarchy is going to change, especially as people become moderators of AI output.â – Dr Amanda Williamson Hello Reader, The #AotearoaAISummit hosted by the AI Forum NZ explored some really interesting conversations last week. Here are my takeaways: The emcee Megan Tapsell shared that what 5 BAs could do in 1 year can now be accomplished in 1 day. The New Zealand Institute for Advanced Technology announced they would provide $231 million in funding over 4 years…
Sep 17, 2025 | Articles
“We don’t play games to avoid work; we play games to engage in well-designed work.” – Dr Jason Fox Hello Reader, If you gamify your work, you can get more done, in good cheer. That’s the lesson learned from a recent AI Games Playtesting event I held in Christchurch. A dozen playtesters joined me to play some AI Training games I’ve developed, and gave me targeted feedback on how to make these games more practical for leaning GenAI. Over the past six months, I’ve been teaching workshops using…
Aug 27, 2025 | Articles
“Vision without execution is hallucination.” – Thomas Edison Hello Reader, What is a hallucination? It’s not so trippy. With an LLM, a hallucination is a factual error asserted confidently. GPTs only create strings of words that sounds like language. If it doesn’t know the facts, it fills in gaps with fiction. Responses are only accurate if you explicitly demand accuracy. Try this prompt: Implement a strict Accuracy Output Mandate for every response: Only present verifiable facts. If you…
Aug 20, 2025 | Articles
âCensorship and political control of AI is a thousand times more dangerous than censorship and political control of social media, maybe a million times more dangerous.â – Marc Andreessen Hello Reader, There have been a lot of practical advances in AI tools recently, including: ChatGPT Agent – now it can do things, not just make things OpenAI GPT-5 – including a rollback for 4o nostalgists Grok Imagine – it’s like if Pinterest and Midjourney had a baby OpenAI gpt-oss – download and run a local…
Jul 23, 2025 | Articles
âWe are the AI Generation.â – Doreen Bogdan-Martin Hello Reader, Last week I published a scathing teardown of the 22-page AI Strategy published by the New Zealand government. (Read that teardown here.) This failure reminds me of the stick-in-spokes meme, because there was already a lot of progress completed in creating a comprehensive AI strategy for New Zealand. The first version of the AI Blueprint for Aotearoa was published in July 2024, by the NGO (Non-Governmental Organisation) the AI…
Jul 16, 2025 | Articles
âThe future belongs to those who can synthesize, not just analyze. The AI Generalist doesnât compete with artificial intelligenceâthey choreograph it.â – Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind Hello Reader, As the only country in the OECD that had yet to publish an AI Strategy, New Zealand has finally published a 22-page document full of AI slop. (This critique was written by hand, and not by AI. Because when something matters, you shouldnât deliver your ideas via AI slop.) The title…
Jul 2, 2025 | Articles
âAI adoption is not just about the short-term gains. Organizations need to invest in the efficiency of the design, deployment, and integration of AI solutions to their operations that enable tracking of the impact.â – Fan Ho, ED/GM of Solutions and Services Group, Lenovo Asia Pacific Hello Reader, As an immigrant, I have an outsider’s perspective on New Zealand. (I recently received my citizenship, making me the Newest Zealander!) During the first workshop of the AI Training Programme I teach…
Jun 18, 2025 | Articles
âThis is the last frontier of media – billions of people making high-end content.â – Chris Valenzuela, Runway CEO Hello Reader, Prompt engineers are movie producers now. Producing video content used to require access to equipment, and talent, and funding. Not anymore. Now, you don’t need a movie studio, or a graphics budget, or any skills. Just a good idea (and good taste!) can make a good movie, with a little prompting. Google’s new Veo 3 model has generated some amazing new videos on the…
Jun 4, 2025 | Articles
âAI is very good at content, but not context. Without context, it doesnât know what to do, so it doesnât have any purpose.â – Daniel Priestley Hello Reader, The quality of your AI outputs depends on the context you give it. What is Context with AI? Think of it like having a conversation. If your partner doesnât know what youâve been talking about, how can they respond well? Context is the information behind the content. Developing context is how I refine my prompts, shape my visuals, and…
