AI, Data Centers, Energy, and Water
What Is Actually Happening Behind the Headlines When I speak about AI, one moment happens again and again. After the talk, someone approaches me. Often it is a younger person.…
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AI Training for Small Businesses: What Your Employees Actually Need to Learn
Artificial intelligence now plays a role in daily business operations. Small businesses use AI tools for marketing, customer communication, content creation, and internal workflows. Access to these tools continues to…
Projects vs Custom GPTs: Two Different Kinds of AI Helpers
What I tried: Using both ChatGPT Projects and Custom GPTs for different types of work. What I learned: Projects are great for exploration and ongoing conversations, while Custom GPTs are…
AI Is Like a Temp Assistant (And That’s Okay)
What I noticed: The same prompt that worked perfectly for months suddenly produced slightly different formatting and structure. What I learned: AI models evolve constantly, and small behavioral shifts are…
Your Expertise Is Still the Differentiator
What I noticed: Watching experts use AI showed me how much domain knowledge shapes the final result. What I learned: AI amplifies skill, but it does not replace trained judgment.…
Don’t Let AI Be Too Easy
What I tried: Letting AI instantly generate a blog or business plan with a single prompt — then slowing it down and making it interview me first. What I learned:…
This Week in AI: Agents Growing Up, Smarter Models, and Creative Tools
• Anthropic measures agent autonomy: Anthropic released new research on how to measure and evaluate how independently AI agents operate — a sign that agent reliability and safety are becoming…
You Can Now Spin Up a Business Like You Spin Up a Document
What I explored: How agent platforms now let non-developers build, remix, and connect AI agents into real workflows. What I learned: The barrier to launching a small, functional AI-driven business…
When People Fear AI Will Replace Humans, What Should We Do?
What I explored: An article a friend sent me warning that AI could reshape most knowledge work — and conversations with educators about what comes next. What I learned: The…
What OpenAI’s New Privacy Policy Means for Your Business, in Plain English
What I tried: I sat down and actually read OpenAI’s new privacy policy, line by line, with a small-business lens, not a legal one — no, I didn’t. AI did.…