Skip to content
Artwork for Generative AI 101
Generative AI 101 · Monday · 10 min

Stop Prompting AI. Start Managing It.

Generative AI has outgrown the question-and-answer routine, and treating it like a well-read search engine now leaves real value (and real risk) on the table. In this episode, host Emily Laird explains why the next essential AI skill looks more like management than technology: assigning work with clear objectives, defining what “done” actually means, and borrowing the computer science idea of a stopping condition. She shows how to turn a lazy “summarize this survey” request into a real assignment, and why an AI claiming it checked the numbers is not the same as the numbers being right. The most valuable person in the room may simply be the one who knows when to say, “No, that’s not finished yet.” 🎯 JOIN THE AI WEEKLY MEETUPS https://www.uwstout.edu/ai-weekly-meetup 📩 EMAIL REMINDERS FOR THE MEETUPS https://app.e2ma.net/app2/audience/signup/2101263/1779703/ 💬 CONNECT WITH EMILY LAIRD ON LINKEDIN http://www.linkedin.com/in/meet-emily-laird

0:00-10:15

transcript

No transcript — this publisher did not publish one.

show notes

Generative AI has outgrown the question-and-answer routine, and treating it like a well-read search engine now leaves real value (and real risk) on the table. In this episode, host Emily Laird explains why the next essential AI skill looks more like management than technology: assigning work with clear objectives, defining what “done” actually means, and borrowing the computer science idea of a stopping condition. She shows how to turn a lazy “summarize this survey” request into a real assignment, and why an AI claiming it checked the numbers is not the same as the numbers being right. The most valuable person in the room may simply be the one who knows when to say, “No, that’s not finished yet.”
 

🎯 JOIN THE AI WEEKLY MEETUPS

https://www.uwstout.edu/ai-weekly-meetup

 

📩 EMAIL REMINDERS FOR THE MEETUPS

https://app.e2ma.net/app2/audience/signup/2101263/1779703/

 

💬 CONNECT WITH EMILY LAIRD ON LINKEDIN

http://www.linkedin.com/in/meet-emily-laird

links3