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From practice to principles: how do we use advanced AI?

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If you know, you know: practice to principles

Hi everyone,

For the past few months I've been working on a series of posts called "if you know, you know", or IYKYK. The basic idea is that you can use GenAI in all kinds of weird and interesting ways, but only if you know what's already possible.

That creates huge problems, because by design AI just looks a bit like a search engine. Because of this, most people's mental models of GenAI are "a thing that's a bit like a fancy search engine".

This sixth post in the series reflects on an earlier call out to readers of the blog which asked for weird and off-the-curve examples of AI use. In the article, I abstract a few useful principles for working with AI beyond chatbots.

Practical AI for Curriculum Leaders: Term 3

The Practical AI for Curriculum Leaders cohort for July/August is already almost at the maximum: I cap this course at 15-25 people (live and asynch) and we've already reached a good number for the course to run again in Term 3.

There are a few spots left with the reduced early bird price, and it's also possible to sign up in case spaces free up along the way. For more information, read about the course on the website:

Like I mentioned in the last email, I'm going to start my 2026 series of online course updates soon.

If there's something you'd love to see in the new courses, hit reply to this email and let me know!

Cheers,

Leon

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