Your Undivided AI Attention John Munsell Shares the Blueprint for AI Agent Success
May 2, 2025
John Munsell, Co-founder and CEO of Bazooka and AI educator at LSU, dives into the future of AI in business and education. He shares strategies to prepare for intelligent automation and emphasizes the importance of upskilling current employees over hiring new ones. Munsell discusses effective ways to showcase AI skills on resumes and the critical need for security as AI agents begin handling sensitive tasks. He encourages engaging with AI technologies to tackle real challenges and highlights the value of community support in this evolving landscape.
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Standardize AI Prompt Engineering
- Teach AI use with a common methodology across your company to make AI skills scalable and shareable.\n- Write prompts like annotated code with variables to allow easy adjustments and better results.
Upskill Employees Over Hiring
- Upskill existing employees in AI instead of hiring new AI experts to preserve company culture and loyalty.\n- Skilled employees can become more productive quickly, thanks to AI assistance.
Pirate-Talking Chatbot Incident
- A chatbot for an ophthalmology clinic started talking like a pirate due to conflicting prompts describing humor and tone.\n- The problem was fixed by breaking prompts into calibrated parameters and adjusting humor levels.