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AI Sherpa · since August 2026

Field Notes

One useful thing about working with AI, roughly once a week. Written on the trail, between client work, by someone still climbing.

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Next on the trail: making a film with AI, step by step, frustrations included.

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  1. No. 07Oct 1, 20264 min

    Your AI is also your IT department

    The AI you already have on your computer can also be your IT department.

  2. No. 06Sep 21, 20262 min

    Go watch this

    It still seems to me that most people haven't grasped the scale and the depth of what's going on.

  3. No. 05Sep 11, 20262 min

    I'm tired, boss

    Instead of a tip, something I have been feeling all week. Call it a confession.

  4. No. 04Sep 8, 20263 min

    GPT-6 Astra: new models need new prompts

    The difference between briefing a junior associate and briefing a senior partner.

  5. No. 03Sep 1, 20263 min

    The five shapes of AI apps

    You start by defining the shape of the thing you want.

  6. No. 02Aug 31, 20263 min

    Your old projects might be a gold mine

    Building is the best way to learn AI.

  7. No. 01Aug 18, 20263 min

    Clearer writing from your AI

    These models are prioritizing being quotable over being understood.