Coffee with Kim How To Boost Your Productivity With AI Tools Dave Birss
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Feb 17, 2026 Dave Birss, creative strategist and AI educator who teaches practical, human-centered AI skills. He takes a pragmatic, skeptical view of AI and urges skill development over platform chasing. Topics include why prompting alone is not enough, using AI like a smart intern under human judgment, rethinking productivity to improve quality, and pitfalls in poor AI adoption.
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Humans, Not Licenses, Win With AI
- Companies succeed with AI by focusing on humans, not just buying software licenses.
- Dave Birss emphasizes culture and human skills as the decisive factor in AI success.
Choose Problems, Not Platforms
- Avoid choosing AI by platform hype; focus on the problem you need to solve instead.
- Treat tools like pencils: your skill and process matter far more than the latest model.
Context Beats General Knowledge
- AI holds vast general and domain knowledge but lacks contextual and task-specific knowledge.
- Contextual knowledge (why, history, standards) is the critical layer most people omit when using AI.
