CG #024: AI Workflow Automation Tools For Dummies

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AI Workflow Automation Tools For Dummies

Last month I attended a conference for young athletes

It was hosted by the Barbados Olympic Association

The aim of this conference was to help establish leaders in sport in Barbados

The allure of the conference was the chance to win a trip to Greece

Not to Mykonos, but to the Olympia Villages to connect with leaders worldwide

To win, you had to give a compelling personal presentation on a pertinent topic

This was completely optional and only a few people actually gave it a shot

Of course, I entered, and I will leave it up to you to guess if I won or not

But that’s not entirely what this blurb is about

During the last session of the last day of the conference, we got a task

We had to get into groups and make a creative presentation

The goal: To sum up a group presentation which we had given earlier

I found this a bit redundant, but it was an interesting concept

As one of the 5 people (of 12) who gave the extra presentation, my brain was dead

So, with limited time, like any good leader, I turned to my ole pal, Chat GPT

I told it everything we did in our presentation and asked it to make a poem

After 3 minutes of writing an in-depth prompt…

VOILA!

It spit out a perfectly coherent poem that we could present as a group

Was this cheating? NO

Why? Because we had already done the work, we just formatted it with AI

This is aligned with one of my new core beliefs

“AI will not replace humans, but humans who use AI will replace those who don’t”

So, did I use Chat GPT when preparing my winning personal presentation?

Of course, I did! It’s an incredible tool for research

But the use cases don’t stop there

I’ve been using it almost daily and I wanted to share a bit of what I am seeing

It’s good to remember there are thousands of AI tools

By no means do I consider myself an expert in the field of AI

I do want to share how I maximize the use of two of the more common AI tools

GPT and BARD

Microsoft and Google are in an all-out arms race for the AI space

For those living under a rock, Bard is Google’s equivalent to Chat GPT (C-GPT)

They have similar use cases but unique approaches to solving user problems

Let’s take a look at the future of how we interact with computers

User Experience

If it’s one thing Google understands, it is human nature and psychology

As with most Google products, Bard has an exceptional user experience

The tone of voice used by Bard is much closer to a human

The interface, whilst similar to C-GPT is more modern and sleek

However, the chatty nature of Bard is often surplus to required information

Also, Bard has no memory

With C-GPT you can reference things you asked it 2-3 questions ago

Bard will give you an error message

Bard is much younger and is still being developed so I’m sure this will be addressed

But for now, it cannot have a congruent coherent conversation in the way C-GPT does

With that being said, C-GPT feels a lot more like you are talking to a robot

It just delivers the information, no chit-chat

The AI has a tendency to be lazy and choose the easiest path to minimal results

Sometimes you will have to ask it twice to structure content in certain ways

This is why it is important you prompt it correctly to achieve your desired results

Performance and Accuracy

For the everyday consumer, Bard proves to be more accurate

Not only does it source real-time information,

(Chat GPT free version assesses information from 2021 and earlier)

But it summarizes based on social validity (Google ranking system)

This is both a pro and a con

Bard is clearly designed to achieve the goals of the AVERAGE person

It reminds me of that lesson you learn as a beginner writer…

“If you want people to understand your writing, write at a 7th-grade (12y/o) level”

It’s clear that Google uses this model for its information relay

They dumb down the average response so it suits what the masses would be looking for

It almost seems as though it aims to not mislead by staying general

Ethically this is great, however its hard to gain detailed information (even with deep prompts)

For those experienced with prompt writing, Chat GPT is more powerful

The range of responses generated from C-GPT ranges widely depending on the prompts

It has a tendency to find information to support biased prompts

So some initial (or additional) research is advised before utilizing GPT text

So, how should you go about laying out prompts?

Consider this very basic prompt structure:

“Act as x” + “help with y” + “present in z” way.

Example:

“Act as a legal advisor and help me to create a contract I can use for a 3-month engagement as a freelancer with a healthcare brand. Present it to me in an outline with spaces for legal signatures.”

When prompted correctly GPT trumps Bard. (For now)

As a Google fan, I’m intrigued to see what the future holds.

Use Cases

Of course, none of this stuff matters if it has no real-world application

So here are some ideas of the things you can use these tools for

To demonstrate the power, I will use the tools to generate the answers

I will enter the following prompt into both C-GPT and Bard and share the responses below.

Chat GPT Response

Bard response

As you can see from the formatting, my analysis above is consistent

Summary

Imagine you had a friend who had read every website on the internet

Well, I just introduced you to two of them

The ways in which people use these tools are becoming more and more creative

I highly recommend that you jump in and start using them

Personally, I believe they will be so integrated into future tech tools that we won’t even notice when we are using AI

Until we get there, there is a gap to be exploited

Use the tools for your gain and neglect them to your potential detriment

Some interesting finds from last week:

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Carl Hinkson

When in doubt, Chase Growth.