Pillar6 Podcast Resources
What a fun romp through the AI landscape
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Here are the LLMs and ChatBots we discussed:
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ChatGPT4 (OpenAI)
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Perplexity -- this is the leading AI site for research. It's very worth checking out when you want cited research.
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NotebookLM (Google)
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Claude (Anthropic)
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Copilot (Microsoft)
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Gemini (Google)
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Companies We Discussed
Companies we discussed in the presentation:
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Fathom - an AI-powered tool that automatically summarizes and highlights key moments from video meetings, making it easier to review, share, and act on important information. Here's an article on the issues related to these AI notetakers
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Wisq - an AI-powered platform that provides personalized coaching and real-time guidance to employees, enhancing their growth and aligning with company principles
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Beautiful.ai - an AI-powered presentation tool that automates design, allowing users to quickly create professional, visually appealing slides with minimal effort.
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Gamma - an AI-powered platform that enables users to create and share interactive presentations, documents, and websites without requiring design or coding skills.
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Napkin.ai -- an AI-driven platform that transforms text into engaging visuals, such as diagrams and charts, to enhance business communication
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Companies that we didn't discuss that are worth checking out:
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HeyGen - HeyGen is an online video tool with built-in talking AI-avatars that unleash people's creativity by removing the costly barriers of traditional video filming and editing.
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Yoodli- Improve your communication skills with private, real-time, and judgment-free coaching — powered by AI. Like Grammarly, but for speech!
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Prompting
In the presentation, we jumped into a number of prompts. I'll include many of them here. Please check out the section of PROMPTING 101 as a primer on how to improve your prompts.​​​​
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The Prompt's Signature
AI Fundamentals Course
Your Path to Productivity, Creativity, and Future-Readiness. More Information
Research on AI
HBR & BCG. The first study I highlighted was the one conducted by Harvard Business School and Boston Consulting Group.
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The full study, "Navigating the Jagged Technological Frontier: Field Experimental Evidence of the Effects of AI on Knowledge Worker Productivity and Quality" is HERE
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For most people, I suggest reading the analysis of the study. Wharton's Ethan Mollick did a robust analysis of the work and a summarizes it HERE
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McKinsey. The second report showed where AI was being adopted across different functional areas. I'm very impressed with the work that McKinsey's Quantum Black group is conducting. Their high-level research is HERE
The chart I referenced comes from the McKinsey study "The state of AI in early 2024: Gen AI adoption spikes and starts to generate value" May 30, 2024 | Survey. LINK
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BCG: AI at Work 2024: Friend and Foe (BCG)
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If you have questions about AI or would like to discuss a custom AI program,
please send me an email at matt @ the-prompt.ai