When I first started talking about the opportunities with artificial intelligence, I called it the "low-hanging fruit"—the simple but transformative ways businesses could begin to use AI.
Back then, there was a clear gap between talking about AI and its actual use in organisations. I believe for many that gap is still there, but what is hard to take on board is the speed at which AI is progressing. It's exponential.
Tools like GPT-4 have gone from being a curiosity to part of the toolkit in less than two years. Further, it's not just OpenAI; there is plenty to choose from. And the only way to understand what AI can do for you is to start using it—see for yourself just how quickly it can change your day-to-day work.
AI feels like using spreadsheets back in the 1980s. Not everyone was convinced they were useful. But those who took the time to figure them out quickly saw how much easier they made things. What's more, for those of us in trading, it gave us the edge—and that meant money.
Let me give you an example from my own recent experience. Last week I wrote Headlines Don't Matter. Using Google's NotebookLM, I took that post and turned it into multiple formats, each tailored to a different need:
Briefing Doc: Headlines Don't Matter
FAQ: Headlines Don't Matter
A Study Guide: Headlines Don't Matter
Podcast: Headlines Don't Matter
This is just scratching the surface. AI can take one piece of work and turn it into committee meeting notes, onboarding materials, regulatory documents, or client communication—all in a matter of minutes. It’s incredibly versatile.
The podcast was a revelation.
It opened up a new way to disseminate information to people who prefer to listen rather than read, and what’s more, you can tailor the content specifically to the audience.
My work habits have changed. I turn to Large Language Models, they save time and often give better results whether that's for finding information, making sense of it or using it to provide insight to others.
I didn’t learn that from reading about AI—I learned it by using it.
A year ago, I wrote: “Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT-4 are democratising AI, granting anyone the potential to enhance their tasks—the only requirement is the willingness to embrace it.” That’s true today. The benefits are there for the taking, and getting started isn’t complicated. Sign up and experiment with it, and see what it can do. It’s that simple.
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