The AI Foundations Bootcamp | Part One: Why AI Keeps Disappointing You and What to Do About It

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[00:00] Introduction & Course Roadmap

• Three-month curriculum: chat (Jan), agents (Feb), custom software (March)
• Sales use case showing all three levels in action

[06:00] Navigating AI Interfaces

• Parsing what people really mean when they say "AI"
• Chat vs. agentic workflows vs. custom software distinctions
• Skills that compound vs. tricks that don't last

[13:00] Becoming a Better AI Manager

• Model selection across vendors (Claude, Gemini, GPT, etc.)
• Free vs. paid plans—why it matters
• Matching tasks to the right tool

[22:00] The Context Problem

• Why outputs are generic/bland (trained on everything = average)
• Context window limits and conversation degradation
• Branching, handoff docs, and reverse-engineering prompts

[38:00] The Talk It Out Prompt Method

• Interview-based prompting to control context spend
• Dictation workflow for speed
• Multiple choice format for faster iteration

[50:00] Building Your Context Documents & Quick Wins

• Profile context doc (about you) and company context doc
• Stacking wins with low-risk tasks
• NotebookLM bonus: YouTube to slide deck