AI for Engineers: What I Taught in 20 Minutes—and What It Revealed

AI for Engineers: What I Taught in 20 Minutes—and What It Revealed

Introducing generative AI to engineers in 20 minutes forces a choice: showcase its power, or build their mindset. I chose mindset. In a recent talk, I walked through three real-world use cases that mirror common student workflows: reading dense papers, exploring new topics, and analyzing data. I demonstrated how AI can be an accelerant—if used…

Practice Safe AI with Responsible Prompting
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Practice Safe AI with Responsible Prompting

I was recently invited as a panelist to discuss “Yinz and Machines” at a community event on AI adoption. The conversation took an unexpected turn when one panelist made an analogy that had the room buzzing: Using AI right now is a lot like high schoolers thinking about sex—everyone’s curious, no one’s quite sure what…

Using AI for Market Research: A Hands-On Experiment
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Using AI for Market Research: A Hands-On Experiment

Market research is an essential part of my day job developing business and product strategy, yet it can be incredibly time intensive. AI is transforming how we conduct research, accelerating insights while requiring human validation. I wanted to test whether AI could act as a true research partner—helping me brainstorm, structure, and analyze market insights…

My Month with LLMs: Augmenting My Thinking Without Losing It
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My Month with LLMs: Augmenting My Thinking Without Losing It

A little over a month ago, I set out to take a more focused approach to understanding Large Language Models (LLMs). I used them daily for everyday tasks—summarizing articles, refining emails, creating images—but I wanted to go deeper, with the new and powerful models that are now available. I wanted to answer a fundamental question:…

Driving Accountability for AI Applications
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Driving Accountability for AI Applications

When referring to Responsible AI, Ethical AI, or Trustworthy AI, I often remind myself that it is not the technology that needs to be responsible, ethical or trustworthy. The humans who are defining, designing, developing and deploying the AI technology are ultimately accountable for anticipating and addressing ethical risks from the use of the technology….

On Racial Justice and Algorithmic Bias
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On Racial Justice and Algorithmic Bias

Over the last few weeks, social justice topics have exploded across all media in light of recent unfortunate events in the United States. Hand-in-hand, the AI community has also seen a tremendous amount of conversation across multiple social media platforms on algorithmic bias and its implications. While social bias and AI bias are closely interlinked,…