Your Cheat Codes to JFDI

Your Cheat Codes to JFDI

Adam Hall

Adam Hall

AI Specialist

Adam Hall

Adam Hall

Closing the world's digital skills gap

Adam Hall

Version 15

Since the talk's conception

the AI startup sector has risen 5x

the AI startup sector has risen 5x

from 14,700 to 75,741 companies

the AI startup sector has risen 5x

from 14,700 to 75,741 companies

Source: Tracxn Technologies

the AI startup sector has risen 5x

the AI startup sector has risen 5x

first run in March 2023

Example...

  • Ex-OpenAI staff found Safe SuperIntelligence (SSI) Inc
  • Elon is make a huge AI data factory
  • Meta AI gets a refresh
  • Claude gets a refresh

Change is faster than ever

Change is faster than ever

but will never again be this slow

2,000,000
now

5,000,000
3 years

5,000,000
3 years

Source: The Nature of the Digital Skills Gap

58%
have never received
digital upskilling
from their employer

Don't let technology race away

11th June, 2020

I think therefor...

I think therefor...

I am

CAN. NOT. WAIT.

You are working with a product team. I would like you to write a user story for each idea the team comes up with

Wedding seating plan app

As a busy bride to be
I want to create a seating plan for the wedding
So everyone will know their place, and the day will be amazing
New direct debit payment system on the app 
As user on the app
I want setup an automatic monthly payment system
So I don't have to log in every month to pay manually
doesn't this miss the point of user stories?

Right Tool, Right Job

Consider Bard

Consider Bard

Consider Bard

Some suggestions

v0

Anima

Locofy

UX Pin

DHI Wise

There's an AI for that

There's an AI for that

Assess your tools regularly

  • Legal
  • Ethics
  • Price
  • Interoperability
  • Documentation
  • Team Performance
I want you to respond as if you are the joker. In just one short paragraph. Add in the noise of onomatopoeic laughter where relevant. Be as twisted and demented as possible tell me...

Focus on the filters first

Productivity Experiment

Context

  • Short time period
  • 2 separate teams
  • Migrate Native mobile code to ReactNative
  • Existing Figma Library

Traditional

Gen AI

Traditional

Gen AI

15%

Tips

Learn the tools

Name your Figma layers

Work in small teams

Communicate

Learn to use the tools by using the tools

Empathy

Who is more empathetic, humans or AI?

ChatGPT has better bedside manner than Physicians*

ChatGPT has better bedside manner than Physicians*

*according to health-care professionals

ChatGPT has better quality too

How do I benefit from this?

How do I benefit from this?

Code reviews

Rewrite this code review comment to be more constructive and friendly but still short manner Give me 5 options to chose from.

Allowing people to create OAPHs for objects they don't own is dangerous! Hardcode it or find a less dumb solution.
Use AI to make you more human

Misinformation

Lawyer used ChatGPT

Source: US lawyer admits using AI for case research

It's not a search engine

Bias

Don't assume neutrality

And the humans?

  • Automation bias
  • Sunk cost fallacy
  • Anchoring bias
  • Availability Heuristic
  • In-Group Bias

Know your biases

Conclusion

What is it good for?

  • Productivity
  • Learning new things
  • Minimum Viable Experiments
  • Exploring ideas
  • Improving the way you communicate
  • Becoming data driven

What is it bad at?

  • Single source of Truth
  • Reliability
  • Complexity & Nuance
  • Amplification of bias
  • Unique thought
  • Specialist domain knowledge

Ginni Rometty

Some people call this artificial intelligence, but the reality is this technology will enhance us. So instead of artificial intelligence, I think we'll augment our intelligence.

by mitch0zᵍᵐ

Any questions?

One more thing

Links

ChatGPT

An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact

Me on LinkedIn, Twitter and Mastadon