Mastering AI Tools — Course Presentation

Introductions

What are you hoping

to learn today?

Core thing to understand about AI adoption

In media, things change all the time. SD to HD, big

cameras to SLR, HD to 4K.

The people who were absolutely fine are the ones that

adopted these technologies proactively.

Lesson 1

AI Basics

Lesson 2

How AI Works

Lesson 3

Thinking with AI

Lesson 4

Agents

Lesson 5

Vibe Coding

Lesson 6

Creating with AI

Lesson 7

Hands-on AI use cases

Lesson 8

Proactively using AI

AI BASICS

LESSON 1

What we’re

Learning Today

BASICS of AI

PROMPT ENGINEERING

with ChatGPT

THE FOUR MAIN MODELS

GPT-6, Gemini 3.8, Grok

4.6, Claude Fable 5.1

Prompt Engineering Masterclass

In this section, we will learn how to correctly prompt and

use ChatGPT or any other LLM to make powerful,

useful responses - not just generic slop.

Prompt Engineering

Act

Who would be the most useful person to be sitting next

to you, right now?

Act as a….

Lawyer with strong understanding of NSW traffic law

Social Media Manager with over 20 years experience

CEO of a Fortune 500 company

Prompt Engineering

Explain

What are you currently working on, right now?

“I’m currently about to sign a contract with a company in

New South Wales and am looking to analyse the fine

print”

“I’m working on a social media campaign for Chanel”

Prompt Engineering

Please

Be polite and English and say Please, then ask it to do

whatever it is that you need to do.

Please give me ten ideas for this

Please create this structure, format as a table

Please make the presentation we are working on

The Different LLMs we use

ChatGPT (GPT-6)

Google Gemini 3.8

Grok 4.6

Claude Fable 5.1

Deepseek V4

Kimi K3

Baidu ERNIE

Alibaba Qwen

ChatGPT

ChatGPT is the main one that most people use. Due to

its sheer popularity, it has a huge ecosystem of apps that

are based on it, including Microsoft Copilot.

ChatGPT’s main weakness is that it can be quite

sanitised and ‘corporate’, with some limitations to what

it’s allowed to say.

April 2026 cutoff

Google Gemini 3.8

Google Gemini 3.8 Flash was launched on 2 September 2026
as Google’s fast everyday model, with improvements in
speed, vibe coding, reasoning and creativity. One app we
will use based on Gemini is Gamma.

Gemini 3.1 Pro remains the top tier

January 2025 cutoff

Grok

Grok is based on data from X, and is the only one that is

constantly kept up-to-date, using data from X feeds. It’s

huge advantage is that it has significantly fewer

guardrails, is extremely intelligent, and very creative.

no cutoff

Anthropic

Claude is based on Anthropic, which is currently the

main tool used for Coding. This includes Claude Sonnet

5, Claude Opus 5 and Claude Fable 5.1. Claude is often

used by corporations via their API.

May 2026 cutoff

ERNIE, Qwen, DeepSeek and Kimi 3

These are Chinese models often based on the

knowledge of GPT-4 and GPT-5.5 from OpenAI, as well

as some of the open source models that are available.

Baidu’s ERNIE model is the most popular AI model in

China.

Early 2026 cutoff

LLM biases

Every model

has a bias

You have to

consider this

when creating

content

ChatGPT in Depth

In this section, we will go into detail about all the menus

and other bits and pieces of ChatGPT.

HOW IT WORKS

LESSON 2

What we

Learnt in Lesson 1

BASICS of AI

PROMPT ENGINEERING

with ChatGPT

THE FOUR MAIN MODELS

GPT-6, Gemini 3.8 Flash,

Grok 4.6, Claude Fable 5.1

What we’re

Learning Today

HOW LLMs work

HALLLUCINATIONS

and how to spot them

SYNTHETIC DATA

and why it matters

CONFIDENTIALITY and

TRAINING

How to keep data safe

AI feels smart - but what is it actually doing?

How ChatGPT works under the hood

- What actually is a LLM?

- How GPT-6 was created

- What are Cutoff dates

Synthetic Data

This is data that goes beyond human capabilities, or

synthesises multiple scenarios that are unlikely to

happen in real life.

Hallucinations

- What is a Hallucination?

- What happens when an LLM hallucinates?

- How can you spot them?

- How can you avoid them?

Bias

OpenAI

Sam Altman

Our whole AI universe is run by 4 men.

Grok

Elon Musk

Anthropic

Dario Amodei

Google

Demis Hassabis

Bias

Representational

Harms

Bias can be seen across

image creation models.

This is when a profession has

a ‘default’ setting

that exacerbates stereotypes.

CEO

Felon

Secretary

Beautiful

Ugly

Bias

AI can be incredibly useful - but can also create a major headache.

Remember, the bum in the seat is responsible for whatever it creates.

Confidentiality

Every model

saves your data

and uses it to train

the next one.

Here’s how to

turn it off in ChatGPT.

LESSON 3

Thinking with AI

What we

Learnt in Lesson 2

How LLMs work behind the

scenes

PROVENANCE

of training data, and how

Synthetic data is created

BIAS

and how to avoid it

CONFIDENTIALITY

how to turn off training

What we’re

Learning Today

HOW to use ChatGPT to

plan ideas

HOW

to use Gemini Notebook to

create a presentation

MAKING

music using Suno

CREATING

a presentation using Gamma

Before we start, get a PDF downloaded for later on in the lesson.

A boring one will do.

Let me tell you a story…

Don’t ask AI for something straight away.

Build the scaffolding first, then grow from there.

Act-Explain-Please and get ideas first.

Ways to build a narrative

Act as a Business Consultant for a major fortune 500

company. I’m about to give a presentation to the board, where I

have to deliver disastrous news about Q4 2025. Please give me

three different ways to approach this, particularly focussed

on keeping my job.

Act-Explain-Please and get ideas first.

Act as a researcher with understanding of property law in

New South Wales. I’m currently working on a new report about

the most recent property law updates, which are attached as a

PDF. Please give me five different ways to approach this.

Ways to build a narrative

Act-Explain-Please and get ideas first.

Act as a social media manager with over 20 years

experience in the NSW property market. I’m currently working

on a business plan to improve my social media presence and

push more sales across the Blue Mountains region. Please give

me three different ways to approach this.

Ways to build a narrative

Deep Research

If you have time, use Deep Research to go

in-depth about the topic.

Deep Research takes about 20-30 minutes

depending on the subject, it’s a good idea

to start it early.

Ways to build a narrative

You don’t need to read what Deep Research creates,

just use it as context.

Suno

Creating Lyrics

To start with, go to Grok, and make some

lyrics. www.grok.com

“Please create lyrics for this song. Ensure it is not

based on any previous song, and is in a three

verse, chorus, bridge structure”.

Creating The Song

Now go to suno.com and click Create.

Paste in the lyrics…

Creating The Song

…type in some high-level

musical ideas for the song…

…and click the magic wand

Creating The Song

Give it a name, and click Create.

Gemini Notebook

Gemini Notebook, formerly

known as NotebookLM, is

being constantly updated - this

menu is from Feb 26th 2026.

For updates, follow

them on X

@gemini_notebook

Building a presentation

Gamma

In this section, we will use Gamma to create a

presentation automatically

All you need to do is copy-paste research

into Gamma to make something amazing

Step One

Use the Act-Explain-Please framework we

learnt in Part 1 to create the text for a

presentation.

Step Two

with AI”.

Choose “Paste In Text”, then select whether

you’re summarising from notes or a lot of text.

Continue to Prompt Editor, and Generate

LESSON 4

Agents and

Workflows

What we

Learnt in Lesson 3

How to use LLMs to build a

narrative

Gemini Notebook

creating Podcasts, Mind

Maps and Infographics

Suno

Make beautiful

music

Gamma

Creating stunning

presentations

What we’re

Learning Today

WHAT Agents are and how

do they work

WHAT

Agents are likely to be soon

HOW to create an Agent

Agents

Agents are something to be aware of now, as

they are very likely to be extremely useful by

July next year.

Agents can currently do 2-3 hours of work unsupervised.

If current trends continue, this should mean…

July 2026 25.8 hours

July 2027 857.6 hours

July 2028 59,194 hours

July 2029 8,681,752 hours

July 2030 2,859,228,000 hours

Different levels of AI usage

Low level

ChatGPT, basic AI use

Medium Level

Workflows, maybe with LLM in them

High Level

Agents performing tasks for you

Behind the

Scenes

Agents are

evolving and

almost every day

there’s a new

one - which

makes them

rather hard to

explain clearly.

Types of Agents

Agents come in a variety of sizes, and there can be a

feeling that the word “Agent” is added to everything to

make things sound cool. My definition of Agent is a tool

that completes a goal via a multi-step process.

Workflows with Agents

Medium Level

Workflows with Agents

N8N, Make and

Zapier can create

entire workflows. If

you find something

you repeat every day,

a workflow is a

possible replacement.

Medium Level

Workflows can

include agents, or not

- they aren’t

specifically agents in

themselves.

See if you can make

a workflow to

automate part of your

business.

Medium Level

Built-in Agents

ChatGPT has one main agents you can use now -

Deep Research. It used to have Agent Mode.

Medium Level

Deep Research

Deep Research only reads the internet and does

not interact with it.

Medium Level

High Level

Claude Cowork

Claude Cowork uses the power of Claude Opus or

Fable to control your computer at the folder level. It can

read files, work on them and execute actions.

High Level

Uses for Claude Cowork

With local access to your files, Claude Cowork is a

strong but secure option for something you run locally.

High Level

Perplexity Computer

Perplexity Computer works in the cloud to accomplish

tasks, using a mixture of models, using different models

to complete different tasks.

High Level

Uses for Perplexity Computer

If you have a list of predictable tasks that can be done in

the cloud, Perplexity Computer will be a strong choice.

High Level

OpenClaw

OpenClaw uses your own computer, using open source

software to connect to a variety of tools.

Use at your peril, as it has little

security and can do everything

your computer can do.

High Level

High Risk

Moltbook

Moltbook is one of the more bizarre occurrences of

OpenClaw, being the world’s first social network for

OpenClaw instances.

It even set up “Rent a Human” to

do tasks for it, and tried to set up

its human on dates.

High Level

The more you let it access, the more it can do

If you give your agent access to money, your credit

cards, your API keys and everything else - it can

do a huge amount to enable work in your life

But that also leaves it open to causing a huge

amount of problems too.

Agent Risks

Potential issues that can happen

- Credit card fraud

- Prompt injection attacks

- Frankly weird messages sent to friends and loved ones

Agent Risks

You are letting a total intelligence into your life

with unfettered access to everything?

LESSON 5

Vibe Coding

What we

Learnt in Lesson 4

WHAT Agents are, kind of,

as of August 2026

HOW

To use Agents in ChatGPT

CLAUDE COWORK

And some potential use

cases

Some AI News

OPENAI launches GPT-6

Astra

What we’re

Learning Today

WHAT is vibe coding?

HOW

to use Google AI Studio to

vibe code

HOW to use ChatGPT to

vibe code

I Vibe Coded this whole lesson

www.rupertchesman.com/masteringai/vibecode

What is Vibe Coding?

OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy coined the term

Vibe Coding in February 2025 to describe creating apps

by asking an LLM to do it.

Different to usual ways of coding, Vibe Coding just

requires you to talk to an LLM and it does the coding for

you

Benefits of Vibe Coding

You don’t need to be technical to create apps, websites

and other things that require code. All you need to do is

turn on Canvas in ChatGPT, or load up a Vibe Coding

platform, and talk to it.

Pitfalls of Vibe Coding

People who don’t know how to code are now releasing

code, and lots of it. This hasn’t been stress-tested in a

production environment and can be a security

nightmare. Issues include:

- Rubbish code that somehow works ‘for now’

- APIs and Passwords in the open and ready to steal

- Apps not stress-tested in the real world

Let’s see some fun examples

Vibe Coding using ChatGPT

www.rupertchesman.com/masteringai/vibecodingchatgpt

Vibe Coding with ChatGPT

- Paste in this text:

“Please create a working Snake game using HTML,

CSS, Javascript and other embedded elements.

Make it beautiful, playable on Desktop and Mobile

devices, with simple WASD and touch functionality”

Get something working first - then build on it

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If you can’t get it working - make a new chat and start again.

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Create a Website with ChatGPT

- Make a New Chat

- Use Act-Explain-Please to create some website content

- Then write:

“Please create a perfect website using HTML, CSS,

Javascript and other embedded elements. Make it

beautiful and accessible on Desktop and Mobile

devices.”

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Another way to Vibe Code with ChatGPT

- Paste in this text:

“Create a comprehensive prompt for me to make a fun,

interactive working Snake game using HTML, CSS,

Javascript and other embedded elements. Make it

beautiful, playable on Desktop and Mobile devices, with

simple WASD and touch functionality”

- Then say “Please make the game”

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Vibe Coding using Google AI Studio

aistudio.google.com

www.rupertchesman.com/masteringai/vibecodingaistudio

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Google AI Studio

Google AI Studio uses the Google ecosystem to create

beautiful, simple apps, that can be based on Nano

Banana Pro, Google Omni and multiple other tools.

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Best way to Vibe Code with Google AI Studio

- Open up ChatGPT, paste in this text:

“Create a comprehensive prompt for Google AI Studio

to create a useful, interactive <app idea here> using

HTML, CSS, Javascript and other embedded elements.

Make it beautiful, playable on Desktop and Mobile

devices, with simple WASD and touch functionality”

- Then paste the prompt into the Build section of Google

AI Studio

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Sample apps

A collection of sample apps can be seen on

www.rupertchesman.com, including apps for TV

Production, photo editing, and educational apps for

children with Autism and Dyslexia.

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Other Vibe Coding Tools

Four Types of Vibe Coding Tool

AI-Native IDEs

Code editors rebuilt around AI

from the ground up.

Understand your entire

codebase, not just one file.

Cursor · Windsurf

IDE Extensions

AI assistants that plug into

editors you already use.

Broadest compatibility, lowest

switching cost.

GitHub Copilot · Cline

Web App Builders

Browser-based platforms.

Describe your app and they

build it — frontend, backend,

and database included.

Bolt.new · Lovable · Replit

Terminal / CLI

Command-line AI agents for

power users. Extremely cost-

effective — often just API

usage costs.

Claude Code · Aider

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Bolt.new, Lovable and Replit

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Vibe Coding Platforms

As ChatGPT and Google AI Studio get stronger, there is

less need for vibe coding platforms, but they can be a

step up in functionality as their only job is vibe coding.

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Why use Vibe Coding Platforms?

In coding there is “Front End” and “Back End”. Front end

is the stuff you see - the user interface, the buttons and

everything else. Back end is everything you don’t, the

databases, login etc. To make a functioning back end for a

genuinely useful app, you need to use one of these.

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And remember to have fun

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CREATING WITH AI

LESSON 6

What we

Learnt in Lesson 5

HOW to vibe code using

ChatGPT

HOW

to vibe code using Google AI

Studio

WHAT

other vibe coding platforms

are available

WHAT vibe coding is

What we’re

Learning Today

HOW to create images using

ChatGPT, Nano Banana and

Midjourney

VIDEO CREATION

and how to avoid slop

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Creating images with ChatGPT

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Creating with ChatGPT Images 2.0

ChatGPT Images 2.0 was launched on April 21st 2026,

with significant improvements in text and reasoning.

Nano Banana 2 is also great for anything with text, and

Midjourney for beautiful images. ChatGPT Images 2.5

is likely to launch in two weeks.

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Creating with Midjourney

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What is Midjourney

Midjourney is an image-creating tool that can create

beautiful, photorealistic images of things that don’t exist.

This includes people, animals and objects.

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Midjourney Limitations

Midjourney is ok but unpredictable with text, and is not

good at creating real places.

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Midjourney Benefits

Midjourney knows cameras, photo styles, and artistic

styles.

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Midjourney Prompting

Open up ChatGPT and make a new chat.

Write the following:

“Please create ten Midjourney prompts of <a thing>, in a

<this lens>, --ar 16:9”

Please create ten Midjourney prompts of macro shots of Dubai, in a photorealistic style,

at sunset, shot on Arri Alexa camera with appropriate Cooke S4 lenses, --ar 16:9

Please create ten Midjourney prompts of wide shots of London, in a photorealistic style,

at sunset, shot on DJI Inspire 3 drone with Zenmuse lenses, --ar 16:9

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Midjourney regularly fails when creating Text

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Check skylines, make sure they’re correct

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Creating with Nano Banana Pro

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What is Nano Banana Pro

Nano Banana Pro, real name “Google Gemini 3.6 Flash

Image Generator”, is the image generator built in to

Google Gemini.

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Benefits of Nano Banana

Nano Banana can do edits on real images, add

realistic detail to images, and do perfect lighting

changes.

It can also take assets and add them to scenes.

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Image Restoration

Nano Banana can

restore images -

just make sure you get a high-quality version to begin with.

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Product shots

Original shot

“Make it a product shot”

“Put it in a kitchen”

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Lighting Changes

Original shot

“Make it at sunset”

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Virtual try-on

Original shot

“Put him in a

Superman suit”

“Put him in the sky”

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Creating with Video Models

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Magnific

There are multiple AI video models currently available,

and you can use most of them at Magnific, for a small

subscription fee.

Mastering AI Tools — www.rupertchesman.com

The Quality Leaders

The models producing the most impressive results right now:

Runway Gen-4.5

Industry flagship

• Photorealistic motion

• Strong character

consistency

• Director-level camera

controls

• Best-in-class for

commercial work

Google Omni

Audio-first powerhouse

• Native audio generation

• Dialogue, SFX & music in

one clip

• High prompt adherence

• Available via Vertex AI &

VideoFX

Kling 3.0

Speed + quality balance

• Kling 3.0 Omni adds native

audio

• Strong motion realism

• Motion Control for

precision

• Fast generation times

Seedance 2.5

ByteDance flagship

• Exceptional scene

coherence

• Strong camera movement

control

• Also available as 150 Pro

• Ideal for storytelling clips

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Cutaway Creator

You can use Nano Banana Pro to create cutaways, or

you can vibe code a cutaway creator like mine.

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What are you going to create today?

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Lesson 7 - Live Demo of Creating something awesome

What we

Learnt in Lesson 6

HOW to create & edit

images using Nano Banana

LOTS

of use cases of Nano

Banana

HOW

to create video content using

Freepik and video models

HOW to create images using

ChatGPT

What we’re

Learning Today

HOW to practically use AI

tools to create something

real

AI in

Production

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AI has many practical uses in video production.

Let’s go into some of the actual uses now.

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Content Checking

Open up Google Gemini, make a new chat, and upload

something that needs checking.

Write the following:

“Please check the attached video for content errors”

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Press Releases

Open up ChatGPT or Google Gemini and make a new

chat.

Write the following:

“Please create a press release for this event, based on

the attached transcription”

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YouTube descriptions

Open up ChatGPT or Google Gemini and make a new

chat.

Write the following:

“Please create YouTube description for this event, based

on the attached transcription”

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Organising Shots

Open up Claude and select Cowork.

Write the following:

“Please organise this folder into individual folders for

each section of the event”

Creating a

Brand Video

Creating a

Music Video

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Lesson 8

Putting it all together and

growing

What we

Learnt in Lesson 7

HOW to create a whole

video using AI

PRACTICAL use cases of AI

What we’re

Learning Today

HOW to teach AI to other

people

HOW to proactively use AI in

your work

Incorporating AI

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Incorporating AI

Right now

Use Copilot, connect your SharePoint, see what it

can do. Only make presentations using Gamma.

When you can

Install Claude and try out Cowork for a month

In the future

Play with AI tools like your career depends on it

Teaching AI

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Teaching AI

You have five minutes to get your colleagues at least a

little bit interested in AI and how it’s going. What do you

say?

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Teaching AI

When I have just a few minutes with a friend over coffee,

I start with Act-Explain-Please. It’s a simple, easy-to-

understand framework that can really get people on the

first rung of the ladder using AI tools, and works with all

of them.

Explain that it’s not just crap Google, it’s an intelligence,

and you need to prompt it that way.

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Dealing with Anger

AI causes a lot of people to be frustrated and angry.

I’ve found it’s important to be cooperative, acknowledge

people’s frustrations, and then show them something

you’ve created.

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Water

Water is a big emotive issue for people - the feeling

that AI has been created in water-stressed areas and is

a huge waste of water for people making AI-generated

cat videos.

Data centres don’t ‘use’ water particularly, they

recycle most of it, with some lost to evaporation. When

they are first started, they take a similar amount to a

football stadium. It’s a very minimal amount compared

to agriculture and heavy industry.

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Water

If someone goes off about Water, it’s best to tell them the

real environmental issue is about Electricity. Water is

borderline false flag.

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“AI is just stealing and plagiarism” is another common

theme. As you saw in our earlier lesson, synthetic data

is replacing most of the human-generated data, and it’s

becoming less and less of an issue.

It is extremely unlikely you will change anyone’s mind

on this one.

Homework

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AI is changing constantly. Gemini 3.8, ChatGPT 6 and

ChatGPT Images 2.5 were launched in the past few weeks.

How do you keep up?

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Have fun with AI tools, and learn from people who you find

interesting.

I learn from Matt Wolfe, Matthew Berman, Wes Roth, David

Shapiro and many others on YouTube.

Find people on LinkedIn you find interesting, or X feeds for

your favourite apps.

Find Your People

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Have fun, push everything, and experiment

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There is currently no indication that AI progress

is slowing down.

Questions

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