Implementing AI is harder than you think - Matt Dunn | Career Stories Podcast

"Your gut is normally right, but you should back it up with some research as well." - Matt Dunn New AI tool, same old anxiety: am I using this properly, or badly, or barely at all? Matt Dunn has spent the past decade in the middle of exactly that problem. He started thinking seriously about automation more than ten years ago and has since moved into AI, now leading AI Programs at Quantum, an IT consulting firm, where he's personally trained over 4,000 people on what AI can actually do. In this episode, Luella and Matt talk through why Automation implementations have traditionally struggled and how AI might change that, how to use AI to actually get better at your job instead of just faster, and a career focussed on working smarter, not just harder, that took him from a default commerce degree to coding a startup in his lunch break. Timestamps 00:06:59 - Challenges of AI implementation: The biggest misconception isn't the technology, it's how uncomfortable people feel changing the way they already work. 00:10:37 - Using AI to get better at what you do: A simple habit that turns AI from a shortcut into something that actually improves your performance. 00:15:00 - An accidental career journey: From wanting to be a dentist to a commerce and technology degree, chosen almost by accident. 00:19:19 - Turning down more money to follow his gut: Choosing people over pay, and the sister's advice that's stuck with him ever since. 00:27:27 - The automation imperative: How a dinner conversation about robots turned into betting on automation before anyone else was. 00:30:05 - Automation work finally paying off: Why a technology that should have taken off a decade ago is only just catching up, thanks to generative AI. Resources mentioned: ● Hard Fork podcast -    / hardfork   ● Superhuman newsletter - https://www.superhuman.ai/ New episodes on a Wednesday, with interviews with leaders or experts every week and a monthly discussion episode at the end of the month. We would love to hear from you. Share your thoughts on recent episodes or questions you would like Luella and Michelle to answer to [email protected]. Support this podcast by becoming a member and get access to bonus episodes containing work related advice from Luella, Michelle and expert guests as well as a monthly newsletter with access to tools and guidance from this week's advice episode. Join here - http://www.the-career-library.com/join Connect & Subscribe Subscribe to Career Stories wherever you get your podcasts - https://pod.link/1873863711/episode/M... Follow Career Stories on Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn.   / careerstoriespodcast     / 111863112   Career Stories is brought to you by The Career Library.