Paul Welty, PhD AI, WORK, AND STAYING HUMAN

· technology

5 use cases for AI

5 use cases for AI

Discover how AI transforms the workplace with creative writing, email marketing, and more in these five impactful use cases.

“Overall, the top five biggest use cases for gen AI in the workplace are creative writing, email marketing, idea generation, blog posts and writing product content.” (The AI in Business Trend Report 2023: Insights, Use Cases, and Sentiments from 500 Professionals)

Why customer tools are organized wrong

This article reveals a fundamental flaw in how customer support tools are designed—organizing by interaction type instead of by customer—and explains why this fragmentation wastes time and obscures the full picture you need to help users effectively.

Infrastructure shapes thought

The tools you build determine what kinds of thinking become possible. On infrastructure, friction, and building deliberately for thought rather than just throughput.

Server-side dashboard architecture: Why moving data fetching off the browser changes everything

How choosing server-side rendering solved security, CORS, and credential management problems I didn't know I had.

The work of being available now

A book on AI, judgment, and staying human at work.

The practice of work in progress

Practical essays on how work actually gets done.

The second project problem

Your system works. Then you try it somewhere else and it falls apart. The gap between 'works here' and 'works anywhere' is where most automation dies — and most organizations never look.

The smartest code you'll ever delete

The most dangerous kind of waste isn't the thing that doesn't work. It's the thing that works beautifully and shouldn't exist.

The first real user breaks everything

Your product works until someone actually uses it. The gap between 'works in dev' and 'works for a person' is where most systems fail — and most organizations avoid looking.

The pitfalls of over-reliance on AI

Discover how over-reliance on AI can hinder decision-making and diminish human skills, leading to missed opportunities and poor outcomes.

Mastering tools like make and Zapier

Unlock efficiency and reduce costs by mastering Make and Zapier to build tailored tech stacks and streamline your business operations.

Researchers extend GPT-4 prompting

Discover how researchers enhance GPT-4's capabilities with innovative prompting techniques, boosting productivity and unlocking new AI potential.