2023/11/16 12:00 My second course with the Fresh Time Book team, "The Age of AI Applications," has officially launched fundraising!
"The Age of AI Applications": https://go.newsveg.tw/5cxf4t
I imagine you're curious about why I've shifted from "teaching writing" to "teaching AI applications." Let me share this journey with you:
First, let me talk about the courses and books I've developed in the past. They all centered around "efficiency" and "writing," or "creating value with talent."
In my previous works, "efficiency" has always been my main theme. In my real work, due to my previous work environment, I've always pursued efficiency and naturally used many tools to assist me, so I'm very familiar with their application. In the past, I believed that the way to improve efficiency was through constantly gaining experience and honing professional expertise to achieve the ability to "break through the habit line," and then efficiency would be very high!
After ChatGPT appeared, I realized that "efficiency" doesn't necessarily require "advancing professional ability" in every aspect. Rather, it's about learning "how to use AI" to create professionalism and quality, which brings even higher efficiency and effectiveness!
Moreover, having a conversation with ChatGPT is about inputting commands (Prompts). To get precise answers, you need to refine your instruction dialogue approach, which completely requires the foundation and basic logic of writing!
My Chinese prompt teaching is divided into four steps. You can see this section below — a complete beginner's guide.
So extending from efficient writing, launching an AI applications course at this moment is perfectly fitting and aligns with the learning theme I've always been promoting!
As a teacher and leader in the online course industry, our responsibility is to continuously help students try, use, and apply — finding ways that work best for each student!
This ultimately resulted in an online course that my team and I both feel is very comprehensive! And it combines the planning and content I've produced for clients in my three years running a PR company, integrating it into AI practical applications.
For a year, I've been updating short videos and illustrated posts on Reels, every Wednesday. Currently, my best short video has reached 1.35 million views, and it still receives algorithmic favor from time to time. This week's update about "Canva's founder, Australia's youngest billionaire who started his business at 19," has generated 150,000 views in just three days. Many of my AI shares are featured on my Reels.
After ChatGPT gained significant discussion in Taiwan around March or April, with frequent updates, I've invested considerable time daily in research. Recently, I also uploaded my book manuscript to GPTs and created a writing advisor chatbot — it's a completely different experience from using technology before! (It's really fun~~)
Through this process, I've also grown. For instance, I discovered that during communication, I might accidentally omit "subjects" or "specific meanings," and then AI wouldn't understand what I'm trying to express, so the output wouldn't be as precise as intended. Through repeatedly adjusting my prompts, I've increasingly understood my own communication blind spots — it's an unexpected benefit. This kind of training also helps me face real-world communication more rationally, maintain composure, and understand what the other person is trying to express.
While researching, I've also been preparing the online course. Of course, this isn't just a ChatGPT writing course. It's about guiding students to understand how we can comprehend changes in media in this rapidly evolving AI era, so we can adapt and alleviate anxiety.
When thinking about this question, I thought of #Semiotics in communication studies. When we see the "➤" symbol (the signifier) placed near an input box, we intuitively sense "send" (the signified). Thus, this symbol, no matter what medium it's placed on, will almost universally evoke the same idea. From this, we can extend a fact: "Even as technology evolves rapidly, some fundamentals remain unchanged."
As I recently read a book by Eitsuko Tachibana called "Evolutionary Thinking," which mentions that many products developed by humans actually derive from biological evolution (such as mimicry, mutation, etc.), industrial evolution also follows biological characteristics. For example, from the era of carriages, there were "British left-hand drive" and "French right-hand drive," and even now, different countries still produce left-hand and right-hand drive vehicles.
So, some things don't change easily. Rather, they layer and expand. Once you understand this, facing a rapidly changing environment and pace, you won't actually feel anxious or chaotic. Instead, you'll enjoy and embrace this fascinating world.
I welcome you to join "The Age of AI Applications" if you're interested: https://go.newsveg.tw/5cxf4t
