AI (for Normal People) with AWS Hero Thorsten Hoger

Join us as Thorsten breaks down how everyday people - small business owners, retirees, hobbyists, and anyone who isn't a developer - can use AI to get real things done without writing a single line of code. Thorsten runs an AI roundtable for small and medium businesses in Germany and shares hands-on use cases from his own life and clients: a family recipe database built entirely on a mobile phone, 13 months of fitness data analyzed into actionable coaching, a personal AI project manager that reads his calendar and meeting transcripts, and real-world implementations for a dental practice and a tax advisory firm. You will learn how to think about AI as a team you never had, why prompts are the new apps, how to handle privacy and data regulations, and how to start this week with just one task. Timestamps 0:00 Welcome & Introduction 5:17 Who Is Thorsten and What Is Normal People AI 8:51 The Recipe Database Use Case 16:46 Fitness Tracking and Personal Coaching 22:27 Building an AI-Powered Personal Project Manager 34:23 Using Fireflies and MCP for Meeting Intelligence 41:14 Real Business Use Cases - Dental Practice and Tax Advisory 44:27 Privacy, GDPR, and When to Use Local Models 47:06 Getting Started - One Task This Week How to find Thorsten:   / hoegertn   Links from the show: __________ DISCLOSURES ❤ This description contains affiliate links that allow you to find the items mentioned in this video and support the channel at no cost to you. vBrownBag is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to www.amazon.com. Thank you for your support! __________ *About #vBrownBag * SUBSCRIBE!    / @vbrownbag   Socials: LinkedIn:   / vbrownbag   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/vbrownbag.com Twitter:   / vbrownbag   Facebook:   / vbrownbag   Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/vbrownbagitunes https://vBrownBag.com is a community of people who believe in helping other people. Specifically, we work in IT infrastructure and we help other people in the IT industry to better their careers through education. Our most frequent activity is producing the vBrownBag podcast. vBrownBag also attends global conferences to produce TechTalks and theater sessions. About vBrownBag Podcasts The vBrownBag crew host podcasts where community members present on topics that will help others in the community. Some podcast series are aimed at helping people achieve certifications. Other podcasts help community members learn an entirely new subject area like storage, automation, programming, and more! The podcast has been running weekly since 2010. vBrownBag TechTalks The vBrownBag crew love IT conferences, the only place where we actually see each other, the awesome people who are our presenters and the community members who follow the podcast. The conferences are also a great place to generate some more community learning content. More about vBrownBag: https://vbrownbag.com/brownbags/what-... Intro music attribution: Artist - MaxKoMusic