Episode 75 - What is an MCP?
MCP is how you hand an AI real tools. It's coming to ArcGIS. It is one of the best ways to ground AI answers in real data, and you can try it with your own org today.
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Episode 74 - Would You Let AI Plan Your Vacation?
Christopher goes to the UC, so Holly takes over to report on letting an AI plan her vacation.
Episode 73 - Credit Where Credit Is Due
Come play AI or Not at the Esri UC (booth 436) and win a robot-head keychain!
Episode 72 - The Judge Pattern Goes to Washington
To bring Claude Fable 5 back online, Anthropic paired it with a smaller model that screens what you ask and what Fable answers. That's the "judge" pattern!
Episode 71 - Ask Better Questions
Educate yourself enough to "kinda get it," then ask good questions, then judge the output.
Episode 70 - AI or Not?
AI-generated and AI-altered images have gotten genuinely, unsettlingly good. That's wildly useful and also dangerous!
Episode 69 - Wait, what's the difference between a Skill and a Project?
A Skill is a repeatable task. A Project is reference material. Cowork is a Project that can use your computer. They aren't competing products; they are different places to put your context.
Episode 68 - Don’t Blame the Robot
Most “AI-driven layoffs” aren’t actually driven by AI. The technology is used as a cover for cuts that were already coming for different reasons. No one wants to admit the real reason, so it is easier to blame the robot.
Episode 67 - It’s not your prompts
Use AI for thinking (not deciding), fix the system (not the output), and correct without drama.
Episode 66 - Don’t Tell Claude Who to Be
Tell it what task it's doing and what scope it's working in. The "you are an expert" prompt is mostly cargo cult now; a list of NEVER statements is brittle.