It's not sexy to say, but most of AI transformation has nothing to do with AI.

There are 10 steps in the sequence of making an internal process or external product AI-native.

Only 1 step is AI, and ironically, the other 9 steps are the far harder part.

Step 1: Identify the problem

- find the manual process worth automating. turn your brain off autopilot & turn on your "suck meter". ...

Bezos had the 2-pizza rule:

Never have a meeting that can’t be fed by 2 pizzas

I never understood this rule because I could eat a pizza by myself

I have the 2-car rule:

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Most people can't actually explain what AI is to a friend/coworker.

Take a page from Dr. Seuss (trust me) & you'll be set.

When someone asks me "how does ChatGPT actually work?" I used to reach for words like "pre-training," "back propagation" and "transformers." And I'd watch their eyes glaze over (understandably) in real time.

So now I just say this:

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