How To Be Smart with AI at Work: 3 Strategies for Staying Ahead

Generative AI is happening whether you like it or not.

So why ignore it?

Here’s 3 ways to get ahead of this in your work 👇

1. Educate yourself

You shouldn’t use any tech without a basic knowledge of how it works.

Access to this information for GEN AI is everywhere. A little education goes a long way. The more you know, the more you can maximise in your work.

Here’s some resources to help you:

1️⃣ Generative AI explained for humans

Social media tells us 1000’s of new AI tools are released daily.

Truth is 95% of these have nothing to do with AI. They’re sub-par products riding the hype wave. It’s your job to find what’s real and works for you.

Here’s my recommendation:

Pick one popular app: ChatGPT, Claude or Google Bard
Experiment with this one tool for 6 weeks
Pick one other tool that’s specific for your industry. For example, writers might choose copy.ai or Jasper
Experiment with both for 6 – 8 weeks. If they don’t fit, try others.
Keep it minimal. Always have 1 general tool + one industry specific

You should never use any piece of tech just because market expectations are high.

You always need a use case. You might find current generative AI tools don’t have any use cases for you, and that’s fine.

Here’s an exercise to try:

Open a doc or a notebook
Write down the max 10 tasks you do weekly
Review each and ask, “from what I know about current generative AI tools, can they help with this task’?
If so, investigate how and learn to use in your work.

This is a beginners guide.

Get started, don’t be afraid to experiment and keep learning.

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