Kate Middleton is not a lizard person. But people can now say it is technically possible for the Illuminati to hide that she is. That ridiculous paragraph was brought to you by our new AI world, where trust in institutions–including potentially your business–is eroding daily. But fear not! You have a secret weapon. Questions? Comments? Ideas for future episodes … …
A PR expert’s advice on public relations, Gen Z and AI
It doesn’t take a genius–but we have one anyway! And he’s here to help you understand your organization’s messaging, the next generation of workers and artificial intelligence. Introducing Mike and Mark’s friend and colleague, Baylor University lecturer Matthew Brammer. After marketing communication and PR roles (including a long stint with the National Hot Rod Association), Matthew began helping clients …
AI Update: AI Ouija Boards powered by camouflaged offshore mainframe barges!!!
It might sound like clickbait, but the title is not an exaggeration. Mike and Mark cover Questions? Comments? Ideas for future episodes … or interview subjects? Email Mike and Mark.
AI rewrites a memo: From foul-mouthed to corporate vanilla–is this a good thing?
Have you ever wanted to tell off a coworker? AI can help you … not get fired. A memo rewrite has gone viral–but is the rewrite really any better? “Karen from Accounting” is going to be replaced … but what are the human soft skills that AI can’t replace? And could AI be a tool to help you engage with …
AI and customers: Which way are you going to lean in?
They’re not happy about it Let’s say you are a car salesperson, and you are greeting a couple of prospective customers who first interacted with your website’s chatbot. The chatbot was good enough to get them to your lot. But they aren’t exactly happy about it. They knew they were playing a game with a computer. They wanted information, the …
AI: The Triumphs and Tragedies of Machine Learning
The problem with AI is It doesn’t do what I want it to do. It only does what I ask it to. See PizzaLater’s hilarious Pepperoni Hug Spot post here. (Correction: In the episode Mark said there was a creepy puppet music video by Peter Gabriel. It was actually Genesis, after Gabriel left the band. And then beat his old …
Paying attention to “what it looks like” to your customers
So some deans at Vanderbilt got in trouble for publishing a response to a recent campus shooting. It seemed to hit all the notes you’d expect from a college diversity office … but at the bottom, there was this sentence: (Paraphrase from OpenAI’s ChatGPT AI language model, personal communication, February 15, 2023). Students were in an uproar, and the deans have temporarily …
A copy of a copy: AI is already creeping into your work
When Mike and Mark started talking about AI, there were a few news stories. Now every day there is another bombastic headline. AI is already affecting court cases, video series … and how you search for information, regardless of your occupation. You need to wrap your head around “AI as photocopier” ASAP. Questions? Comments? Ideas for future episodes? …
WWJD with AI?
Why would Mark ask an AI to write a Bible study for a podcast about the workplace? It has loads to say about what we choose to be dependent on … about what is happening to our attention spans … and about what we can do that brings value. Questions? Comments? Ideas for future episodes? Email Mike and Mark. Listen …
If artificial intelligence doesn’t care, does it matter?
Where is the line between AIs filling needed voids and AIs replacing humans who make connections with others? We already have computers with warm, empathetic voices. Does it matter that the machine doesn’t care, just its designers do? Could a machine be a pet? A librarian? An engineer? A coach? A manager? A spouse? Big-box checkout lines, Barry Manilow, …
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