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AI @ Workplace, 101 to 601
How to use the machine, for people who can already do the work by hand.
Four levels are out, each a recorded talk with slides. Start where you are, not at the top. 101 to 301 are about chatbots: in a chatbot, you are between every turn. From 401 on, you set the goal and the guardrails, and then you are on the loop, not in it.
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The levels, from the ground up
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alt 101 · ground level
AI 101 @ Workplace
For absolute AI/prompt beginners. Video, 20:28.
What LLMs are, how to start prompting, what to watch out for: hallucinations, false confidence, slop, over-reliance.
“Intelligence is now cheap, but judgment is rare.”
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alt 201 · climbing
AI 201 @ Workplace
For regular chatbot users. Video, 49:40.
How LLMs “think”, the 6-element prompt framework, self-correction and meta-prompting, workflow design, task decomposition, quality control.
“Your LLM is only as good as your ability to direct it.”
Watch on YouTube →Slides (PDF on GitHub) →Prompts, workflows, templates (Google Drive) →
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alt 301 · cruising
AI 301 @ Workplace
For advanced chatbot users. Video, 1:02:35.
Custom bots and knowledge bases, context management, from chatbot to agent, the information map, failure patterns, the eval mindset.
“Your output is only as trustworthy as your ability to check it.”
- 101 to 301: chatbots, you are between every turn. From 401: you set the goal and the guardrails, then you are on the loop, not in it.
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alt 401 · on the loop
AI 401 @ Workplace
For agent users. Video, 1:25:14.
Upgrading to agents, harness engineering, determinism in agentic workflows, add-ons (skills, MCP), introducing loops, the translation barrier.
“Your agent is only as reliable as the harness you build around it.”
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alt 501 · hands-free
AI 501 @ Workplace coming
scope: Local agents, and going “hands-free”: letting it run without you reading every output.
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coming
alt 601 · dark factory
AI 601 @ Workplace coming
scope: Dark factories. A full description of the scope is still to be written.
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Not sure where to start?
Take the diagnostic: it recommends a level from the stance you use most and how much of the work you watch. Before any of it, the 101 advice holds: check which tools your IT department has vetted, and lean on your own experience in your field to know what to do, how to do it, and when a task is finished.