{"id":1,"date":"2025-06-07T14:05:54","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T13:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anapoly.co.uk\/labs\/?p=1"},"modified":"2025-06-16T08:58:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T07:58:01","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anapoly.co.uk\/labs\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Initial assumptions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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 are aware of AI&#8217;s potential, curious about it, but unsure how best to make use of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assumption: the social aspect of our club will make it a suitable, informal setting for people to learn how AI tools can improve the quality and productivity of their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assumption: Although different people will find different aspects of AI useful, there are some common purposes. These include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>supporting personal or professional development;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>getting more done in less time;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>creating better quality output;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>improving the the quality of service offered to others; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>saving money.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Assumption: a face-to-face, small-group format with peer interaction, real-time demonstrations, and a narrative focus will be more appealing than virtual courses or corporate-style workshops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assumption: people will be willing to attend in-person sessions and contribute a modest fee once value is evident. They will think that the experience is more useful, trustworthy, and rewarding than online alternatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assumption: at present, no equivalent offering exists locally that blends live demonstration, peer learning, and practical AI support with such a low-barrier to entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assumption: Anapoly can deliver sessions using current, general-purpose AI tools such as ChatGPT, Perplexity and NotebookLM without a costly technical infrastructure, relying on existing facilities and minimal setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assumption: Anapoly, as a local consultancy run by experienced professionals, will be trusted by the audience and seen as non-threatening, practical, and thoughtful. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anapoly.co.uk\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anapoly.co.uk\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anapoly.co.uk\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anapoly.co.uk\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anapoly.co.uk\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/anapoly.co.uk\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165,"href":"https:\/\/anapoly.co.uk\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anapoly.co.uk\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anapoly.co.uk\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anapoly.co.uk\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}