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Most leaders are thinking about AI all wrong

AI’s progress may be holding your team back
On paper, the rapid release of new AI models and features looks like a win for knowledge workers. In reality, teams are drowning in AI overwhelm. Here’s how leaders can help them scale an ever-steeper learning curve.

How to find AI workflows that actually translate to ROI
AI is pointing out a big point of weakness in a lot of organizations: too few can actually name the value-generating processes that drive revenue. So Machine & Partners’ Ed Ortega is giving you his 5 step framework for doing just that.

Losing Our Minds To AI
Let’s have the hard conversation: Yes, AI reliance will atrophy your brain. But knowing that ahead of time can help you get ahead of it – before it impacts your job.

Ex-OpenAI exec: Leaders lack AI conviction
ICs get a lot of the blame for stalling or failing AI deployments. But former OpenAI executive, Zack Kass, says they could very well be the scapegoats for scrambling leadership.

What you actually need to know about how AI works
Right now, AI chatbots seem like magic, and that’s dangerous. It makes it easy to overestimate their abilities. You don’t need to know every technical detail of how AI works – but you do need to know enough to understand its limitations.
Dive into what you really need to know about how AI works.

How we built a generative AI bot
By summer 2023, we were convinced we needed to use AI to improve our student experience. From August to October, we designed, built, and prototyped an AI course tutor called ProfAI. In today's post, we'll walk you through how we did it.

How to use AI microapps without compromising security
AI can now code you a custom ready-to-deploy application in sub-10 minutes, just by prompting it. Machine & Partners’ Edmundo Ortega walked us through the huge opportunity of these microapps – and the huge risks.

Leaking our own AI manifesto
We’ve been all in on AI for a while – but this week we made it official. In this week’s newsletter, Greg is sharing his newest thinking on AI, and why we changed our domain to sectionai.com.





