Time to write: 110 minutes “Hey AI, write me a LinkedIn post on the new WFH laws in Victoria” AI: Sure, here is the most average of the average piece I can produce that uses lots of impressive words and at least three uses of corrective antithesis (It’s not X, it’s Y). “Urgh. That sounds like AI Slop.” AI: Offensive. “Okay AI. Make it sound more like me” AI: Okay, I’ll add in a bit more warmth and professionalism, because you are warm and professional. “It’s still sounding like AI. Can you at...

My favourite AI trick isn't a fancy tool (although there are many cool ones) or a long and convoluted prompt that you need to comment “Prompt” into an Instagram post to access. It's using AI to fix the way I'm using AI. (And yes, I appreciate how insufferably meta that sounds.) Here’s what it looks like in practice. When I’m not sure how to structure something Last week, I wanted to work with AI to help me rebuild Inventium’s self-reflection process (our version of performance management /...

Last week, my EA Jem shared an email in our Inventium WhatsApp group. The sender wanted to know: “Are you actually a real person?” Jem, to her credit, didn’t reply with “beep beep.” (She’s clearly a more evolved person than I am). It’s not the first time she has been asked this question. And while it’s mildly annoying, it’s also (perhaps) understandable given part of our business does AI training. We’ve spent the last two years telling people bots can do this stuff. Jem uses AI a lot in her...