How I AI with Dr Amantha Imber and Neo Aplin

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• AI is a terrible brainstormer (until you do this)

  October 4, 2026 · 14 min

  You ask AI for ideas and get a tidy list of ten, each one praised as being brilliant. The tempting move is to grab the first one that looks decent and get on with your day. The catch is that you've handed over the thinking, and what comes…

• Your AI gets dumber at 60%. Here's the free fix.

  September 27, 2026 · 10 min

  Some of us have a favourite chat thread we keep coming back to, adding a bit more context every time we open it. It feels efficient, like you're building up a work buddy who really knows your stuff. But every extra message quietly chips…

• The 4 recurring tasks you should hand off to AI permanently

  September 20, 2026 · 13 min

  Most people treat AI like a vending machine: you show up, you ask, you wait. But what if there's another way to use it, one where the work gets done before you've even thought to ask for it.  In this How I AI episode, Neo and I explore…

• 3 signs it's time to start a new chat thread

  September 13, 2026 · 10 min

  You've put in the work on your prompts. You know how to give AI the right context, set the right tone, ask the right questions. But then, mid-conversation, something shifts. The AI starts making things up, forgetting what you told it five…

• The prompting mistake almost everyone makes

  August 16, 2026 · 12 min

  How much of your week goes into fixing what AI just handed you? Not writing from scratch, just cleaning up, correcting, and nudging a draft that looked fine for about ten seconds before you actually needed it to work.  That endless back…

• Do these 2 things if you're worried about AI and the environment

  August 9, 2026 · 16 min

  There is a quiet guilt a lot of people carry every time they open ChatGPT. Somewhere between the headlines about data centres and the vague sense that AI is somehow worse for the planet than everything else we do without a second thought…

• What you should never paste into AI

  August 2, 2026 · 14 min

  Before you paste that customer list, that blood test result or that contract into your favourite AI tool, it's worth pausing for a second. Whatever you hand over doesn't just disappear after you get your answer. It sits somewhere, and…

• Agents, Projects, and Skills (oh my!): A no-fluff guide on when to use each one

  July 26, 2026 · 13 min

  The AI world has has done a spectacularly bad job of naming things. Agents, GPTs, gems, notebooks, projects, skills - you'll find a completely different word for what is essentially the same kind of tool. Agents in one place, GPTs in…