The State of AI TODAY (Sept of 2025)
- Today’s AI is the slowest and least capable AI you will ever use. FULL STOP.
- Think of today’s AI as a "Brilliant but very new employee with amnesia that needs explicit instructions to provide you value”.
- In the next 5-10 years, AI won’t take people’s jobs, BUT people who leverage AI will TAKE the jobs from people who DO NOT leverage AI.
Google NotebookLM
NotebookLM transforms passive reading into active learning, making it easier for both teachers and students to engage with complex materials through AI-generated study aids, interactive discussions, video presentations, dynamic quizzes and flashcards, and other multimedia content.
Notebook: CTE ICT Standards for Software and Systems Development: This Notebook takes materials from the CA CTE standards website, filters them to show only the standards for my specific pathway, and creates study aids from that focused content.
- Notebook Shared Link:
- Interactive Podcast: Procedural vs Object-Oriented vs Event-Driven vs Multithreaded
- Align Any Assignment to CTE ICT Software and Systems Development Standards: Created using resources distilled from this Notebook.
Custom Gems in Gemini
A “Gem” is a custom-built AI expert that you create. It is a personalized version of Gemini that is programmed with specific instructions and knowledge to help with a particular task.
Justification For CTE PO from Shopping Cart File: This Gem takes in shopping cart PDF(s), analyzes them, and then writes tailored justifications for each item so you don’t have to.
Extract and Transform Data from an Image for use in other applications.
Act as an Average High School Student, review my input, and provide feedback.
ChatGPT Custom GPT's
- Industry Guest Speaker Simulation: Talk to an industry expert via a simulated Guest Speaker.