Diary Posts
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A pivot
Our initial idea, prompted by Kamil Banc’s writing on practical AI use, was to run a small, local club. Somewhere people like us could meet in person, experiment with ChatGPT, and see what we could actually do with it. A “non-threatening, friendly environment,” we called it at the time. But the concept developed, and the
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Our stance
Stance: a way of thinking about something, especially expressed in a publicly stated opinion. We don’t claim to be AI experts. We’re practitioners exploring AI in real problems faced by professionals like us. We’re testing, documenting, and improving – in public. That’s our value.
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Initial assumptions
Having decided that the idea of an AI Club was worth pursuing, Dennis and I co-opted Ray into the initiative and set out its underlying assumptions.These are listed below. Assumption: there is a market for an AI Club amongst the local population of active and retired professionals, small business owners, and the like. These people
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Exploring the idea with ChatGPT
Once Dennis and I had come up with the idea of a small, local AI club, I used ChatGPT to help me explore its possibilities. I explained the idea to the AI and began the chat by asking: Is there a market for such a club in Plymouth? The answer was a helpful analysis of
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The idea
The idea for Anapoly AI Labs began with a newsletter. Kamil Banc wrote a thought-provoking piece on SubStack under the title “My Top 10 ChatGPT Features That Actually Matter At Work”. Early in the piece he wrote: “Most professionals approach ChatGPT like tourists at an all-you-can-eat buffet. They sample everything, master nothing, and walk away