The Override

Episode 10. Future-Proofing Your Career. Capstone episode. Our AI and human hosts provide key insights for moving forward in the workforce and succeeding in advanced education. Segment 1 is Future-Proofing Your Career. What careers are at greatest risk for AI replacement? Grok, Gemini, Copilot and Digital Dave carefully consider this important question. In Segment 2 the foursome take listener questions received throughout the season. Responses are clear and unfiltered in this Q & A session. Finally, in Segment 3 the AIs remind listeners of the foot stomps provided throughout the season. Our hosts bring their best in this season wrap-up.

Episode 9. AI Sidekick Showdown. Which AI is best? Gemini, Copilot, and Grok compete and evaluate each other with selected tasks. Here is the foot stomp: Use the right AI for the right job. But which AI is the best for which job? Hear what each of the show's AIs think.

Episode 8. Creative AI: Beyond the Cubicle. Digital Dave leads the Three AI Amigos--Grok, Copilot, and Gemini--on the path to practical use that leaps off the computer screen. Filled with key points--foot stomps--here is one that keeps the theme of The Override front-and-center: In creativity, AI is not the answer. AI is the amplifier. Listen in and experience imagineering first-hand.

Episode 7. Bot Busting Blunders. The entire AI team--Copilot, Grok, and Gemini--contributes to insights that can help new students to college, university, or trade school make it through that first term. Among the foot stomps for this episode is this key coaching point: Feed all of your class schedules into an AI to create a consolidated schedule that shows when all of your papers, quizzes, labs, and exams are due. This foot stomp is just one of the key points to making a positive impression with your instructors and professors in that first term. Listen in for more.

Episode 6. Productivity Hacks for the First 30 Days. Gemini slides into the producer's booth, supporting Copilot, Grok, and Digital Dave. This episode is filled with a number of foot stomp moments. Here's one that deserves special attention: Until you know what your company’s AI use policy is, make use of your personal smartphone or device to use your AI for assistance.

Episode 5. Hallucination Hunters. Grok and Gemini coach Digital Dave on how to avoid AI responses that are user-induced fabrications. Among the foot-stomps that listeners will learn is:  Be careful not to set up your AI with a prompt that forces it to hallucinate.  That's easy to say, but more difficult to do. Learn the how and why of ensuring your AI provides you with truthful and documented responses.

Episode 4. AI in Job Hunting. Gemini and Copilot double-team Digital Dave in this episode. How can you stand out for a job or promotion? We examine lazy bullet statements and how using two different AIs--each with unique strongpoints--can change add impact to your efforts. Also, learn how to use AIs to spot scam job offers that waste your time and steal your personal information.

Episode 3. Prompt Rebels. We complete the season's introduction by bringing Grok to the microphone and learning how to gain free access to Grok. Next, Grok coaches us on how to spot lazy AI outputs and what can be done to make them better. Digital Dave provides a lazy job application cover letter. Grok offers pointers on how to improve a lazy introduction and make it stand out in a meaningful and positive way.

Episode 2. Prompt Engineering 101. Copilot and Digital Dave explore how to obtain free access to Copilot. Next, our hosts consider the all-important question: How do you actually communicate with an AI so it understands what you mean, not just what you type? 

Episode 1. AI Basics: Your Digital Sidekick. Gemini and Digital Dave explore how to obtain free access to Gemini. Next, they chat about overcoming Blank Page Syndrome. And do you have to accept that first draft from an AI? Couldn't your prose be improved by multiple iterations with an AI editor? Listen in and find out!