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AI Partners Training: Embracing AI in 10 Minutes a Day

In a world where AI tools are becoming increasingly vital for businesses, understanding and effectively utilizing these technologies remains a challenge. Agent Inc., headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, has launched "AI Partners," a comprehensive support service aimed at guiding organizations through the training of their employees. The training includes sessions titled "What is AI?" and "Prompt Engineering," designed to facilitate the adoption of AI in a practical and manageable way.

The premise of the training is that successful AI utilization hinges more on the right mindset than merely on the choice of tools. By establishing a clear understanding of the objectives, emphasizing human judgment and risk management, and fostering a culture of verification and improvement, participating organizations can significantly benefit from AI applications.

Challenges in AI Implementation

As AI tools find their place in various sectors, many companies are facing initial hurdles. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in Japan, a significant percentage of businesses cite concerns regarding the effective utilization of generative AI. Common issues reported include:

• - Lack of understanding of the systems
• - Difficulty in issuing prompts effectively
• - Absence of operational rules

These challenges culminate in inefficiencies where organizations fail to leverage AI's full potential. AI Partners seeks to address these barriers by encouraging a revitalized mindset towards AI, thus enabling rapid achievement of initial outcomes with minimal time investment.

Unique Features of AI Partners Training

1. Mindset First: Focus is placed on developing a grounding in the thought process before diving into tools. Participants are exposed to the hypothesis-testing-validation model, minimizing misunderstandings that could lead to overconfidence.
2. Immediate Practical Application: Training sessions are designed to teach succinct directive methods incorporating role, purpose, constraints, evaluation metrics, and output formats, enhancing participants' questioning skills to extract precise answers in their work.
3. Designed for Success: The training is structured into 10-minute modules combined with practical exercises that allow participants to accumulate small successes, instilling confidence in AI utilization within their professional tasks.

Practical Use Cases

The training will cover various practical applications of AI within workplace scenarios, including but not limited to:

• - Meeting Minutes: Automatically extracting to-dos from meeting notes with specific deadlines and responsibilities assigned.
• - Drafting Emails/Company Communications: Generating first drafts based on defined objectives, audience, and tone.
• - Creating Outlines for Proposals: Gradually formulating headings, outlines, and comparison tables based on provided criteria and evaluation frameworks.
• - Formatting Data Descriptions: Structuring points from CSV or tables in a user-friendly format for non-engineers.
• - Organizing Knowledge Bases: Summarizing company regulations or manuals into structured checklists.

Before and After Example

Before: Vague requests leading to prolonged response times and inconsistent tones.
After: Clearly defining roles, purposes, constraints, and output formats results in three email drafts and five subject line suggestions, drastically shortening the process from crafting to sending.

Training Availability

• - Target Audience: Corporations and organizations
• - Format: Custom implementation (online or in-person)
• - Availability: Training begins today.
• - Duration: Between 30 to 60 minutes, adaptable according to content requirements.

For those wishing to engage with the AI Partners training, further details and documentation can be requested here.

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