If you want to get started with using a pre-built #ai tools to help your business but don’t know where to start, this is a helpful map of #ai agents grouped by domain. I think it also serves as an interesting snapshot of where the best use cases must be
2024 Ofcom Online Nation summarised into some key takeaways: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ: Women spend significantly more time online than men across all age groups, with 18-24 year old women spending over an hour longer online daily than their male counterparts (6h 36m vs 5h 28m). ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฒ โฆ
2x2 for articulate AI needs Y-axis - “Trust” - how important it is that the product gives a correct answer to be helpful X-axis - “Change” - the business change effort to get the product to workย ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ = Easy to fit into existing workflows, easy to verify their outputs โฆ
The evolution of vertical SaaS - i.e. software stacks that serve an industry vertical showing how AI can build on the work of Cloud and Fintech to enable more complex customer facing services to be automated. Allowing the business to focus on serving their customers.
10 takeaways from โNever Split the Differenceโ
10 takeaways from the book โNever Split the Differenceโ by Chris Voss 1. Tactical Empathy: Use empathy as a tool to build trust and rapport. Voss emphasizes the importance of understanding the other party’s perspective to navigate negotiations effectively. 2. Mirroring: Repeat the last few โฆ
10 takeaways from 'Good to Great'
10 key takeaways from the book “Good to Great” by Jim Collins 1. Level 5 Leadership: Great companies are led by humble, willful leaders who put the company’s success above their own ego. Collins gives the example of Darwin Smith of Kimberly-Clark, who transformed the company โฆ
2x2 matrix in From Good to Great on balance of entrepreneurship and discipline. Nice way to summarise orgs that start small and innovative then hire the wrong type of people as they scale and have to add strict processes to mitigate poor hiring. Key to being in Top Right is hiring the right people.
Interactive wheel of the basic human emotions, how they relate to each other, intensify and combine to form more complex feelings. Useful to help people/leaders understand how they feeling in the moment and react more constructively in negative situations.
5 Levels of Effective Leadership by Jim Collins in From Good to Great. Fully developed leaders embody all 5 levels
Useful AI Links
Aggregator/Community: Hugging Face: An AI community platform facilitating collaboration among the machine learning community on models, datasets, and applications. There's an AI for That: A comprehensive database featuring thousands of AI tools for various tasks, updated daily and utilized by over โฆ
10 takeaways from 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck'
10 key takeaways from the book โThe Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ckโ by Mark Manson: 1. Feedback Loop From Hell: This refers to negative cycles of thoughts and emotions like guilt, anxiety, and fear that keep repeating. Manson gives the example of a man who missed a job interview and spiraled into โฆ
101 real-world GenAI uses cases from Google
Microsoftโs Future of Work 2024 , highlighting the use of LLMs in the workplace
House of Lords committee review on GenAI
A proposal for the modern AI stack
Every year Benedict Evans produces an invaluable resource for anyone doing research, analysis or strategy work in tech. This the report for 2024.
Useful research into the 6 different types of conversations you have with GenAI, summarised in a helpful graphic.
Nice visual of how companies ship code
Great overview of the Netflix architecture
Really helpful graphic comparing SDLC vs DevOps vs NoOps. Useful to guide conversations about orgโs maturity and where they should sit.
Excellent Ofcom study for our online habits in 2023. 4 in 5 online teenagers use GenAI
Published study benchmarking open source LLMโs vs ChatGPT. Some useful insights for businesses
An MIT study on how people perceive content created by AI
Techie blog from Google and how they architecture their LLM training environments
10 takeaways from โBackableโ
10 key takeaways from the book “Backable” by Suneel Gupta: Forget Yourself: Focus on the customer/audience you want to serve rather than yourself. Example: Dollar Shave Club’s viral video focused on the customer’s pain points rather than the company. Rule of 21: Spend โฆ