Ray Fleming
@rayfleming.bsky.social
Living in an AI-first world as Chief AI Officer working with edtech companies. Co-host of AI in Education podcast. Improv comedy. Ex-Google. Ex-Microsoft. Now with Australia's largest GenAI Venture Hub
I’m going to take the ‘upbeat and inspiring’ as a review of my year!
December 31, 2024 at 10:36 AM
I’m going to take the ‘upbeat and inspiring’ as a review of my year!
Haven't been given an Atlas for Christmas since I was 17. But this is an Atlase of AI, so absolutely banger of a present! Thanks @dan-bowen.bsky.social 🎅🎄🎁
December 20, 2024 at 5:34 AM
Haven't been given an Atlas for Christmas since I was 17. But this is an Atlase of AI, so absolutely banger of a present! Thanks @dan-bowen.bsky.social 🎅🎄🎁
Got special permission from @dan-bowen.bsky.social to open this early. I'm guessing it's a book, and that AI is in the title!
December 20, 2024 at 3:49 AM
Got special permission from @dan-bowen.bsky.social to open this early. I'm guessing it's a book, and that AI is in the title!
Uber vs Taxi: In a highly regulated industry, Uber redefined it. "Nope, not a taxi, so rules don't apply to us". But it wasn't just the surface - their drivers spend more time driving a passenger than taxis, and less time idle. Want to go down the rabbit hole?
buildfire.com/uber-statist... 6/6
buildfire.com/uber-statist... 6/6
December 17, 2024 at 6:36 AM
Uber vs Taxi: In a highly regulated industry, Uber redefined it. "Nope, not a taxi, so rules don't apply to us". But it wasn't just the surface - their drivers spend more time driving a passenger than taxis, and less time idle. Want to go down the rabbit hole?
buildfire.com/uber-statist... 6/6
buildfire.com/uber-statist... 6/6
Netflix vs Blockbuster: At the turn of the century, Blockbuster had 9,000 stores and Netflix was a minnow. Blockbuster even turned down the chance to buy Netflix for $50M. Netflix are worth $4 Billion today, and Blockbuster $0
Want to go down the rabbit hole?
strategyjourney.com/winning-the-... 5/6
Want to go down the rabbit hole?
strategyjourney.com/winning-the-... 5/6
December 17, 2024 at 6:36 AM
Netflix vs Blockbuster: At the turn of the century, Blockbuster had 9,000 stores and Netflix was a minnow. Blockbuster even turned down the chance to buy Netflix for $50M. Netflix are worth $4 Billion today, and Blockbuster $0
Want to go down the rabbit hole?
strategyjourney.com/winning-the-... 5/6
Want to go down the rabbit hole?
strategyjourney.com/winning-the-... 5/6
Ford vs GM: In the 1920's Ford took 37 days to paint a car. The Ford engineers reckoned they could knock a day off that time. Charles Kettering, at General Motors, worked out how to reduce it to one hour.
Want to go down the rabbit hole? www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsZ0... 3/6
Want to go down the rabbit hole? www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsZ0... 3/6
December 17, 2024 at 6:36 AM
Ford vs GM: In the 1920's Ford took 37 days to paint a car. The Ford engineers reckoned they could knock a day off that time. Charles Kettering, at General Motors, worked out how to reduce it to one hour.
Want to go down the rabbit hole? www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsZ0... 3/6
Want to go down the rabbit hole? www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsZ0... 3/6
US v Japan Hot Dogs: In 2001 the world record for hot dogs eaten in 10 minutes (at the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest) suddenly doubled from 25 to 50 when a new Japanese competitor arrived. The innovation? Dunking
Want to go down the rabbit hole? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan%... 2/6
Want to go down the rabbit hole? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan%... 2/6
December 17, 2024 at 6:36 AM
US v Japan Hot Dogs: In 2001 the world record for hot dogs eaten in 10 minutes (at the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest) suddenly doubled from 25 to 50 when a new Japanese competitor arrived. The innovation? Dunking
Want to go down the rabbit hole? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan%... 2/6
Want to go down the rabbit hole? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan%... 2/6
Writing stories about innovation models that suddenly arrived, and changed the game completely. Reducing the time to paint a car from 37 days to 1 hour; switching driving side of the road; Netflix vs Blockbuster; Uber vs Taxis. But my favourite is Hot Dog Eating 1/6
December 17, 2024 at 6:36 AM
Writing stories about innovation models that suddenly arrived, and changed the game completely. Reducing the time to paint a car from 37 days to 1 hour; switching driving side of the road; Netflix vs Blockbuster; Uber vs Taxis. But my favourite is Hot Dog Eating 1/6
Mums are never wrong. And in this case, the photographic evidence proves her right. Look at the unequal lengths - one section the length of a unicycle, the other’s a bendy-bus length
December 11, 2024 at 7:25 AM
Mums are never wrong. And in this case, the photographic evidence proves her right. Look at the unequal lengths - one section the length of a unicycle, the other’s a bendy-bus length
Showing somebody how to create a custom GPT. Ended up with "Clive" - describe a scenario and he'll work out how to talk about in a typically British understated way. Have a go here and chatgpt.com/g/g-XMBYzRwm...
December 5, 2024 at 11:57 PM
Showing somebody how to create a custom GPT. Ended up with "Clive" - describe a scenario and he'll work out how to talk about in a typically British understated way. Have a go here and chatgpt.com/g/g-XMBYzRwm...
2025 Phrase of the year? "Jump the snark" - that feeling you get moving from X/Twitter to #bluesky. Really, really true for professional communities like #edusky, and controversial topics like #aiineducation, #climatechange
December 5, 2024 at 10:23 PM
2025 Phrase of the year? "Jump the snark" - that feeling you get moving from X/Twitter to #bluesky. Really, really true for professional communities like #edusky, and controversial topics like #aiineducation, #climatechange
The Economist says AI productivity boost not visible in statistics/across the economy…yet. No surprise as most use is individual, making them more efficient. And then it will be businesses automating existing, not fixing things to be better/more productive
www.economist.com/the-world-ah.... 1/3
www.economist.com/the-world-ah.... 1/3
December 4, 2024 at 9:30 PM
The Economist says AI productivity boost not visible in statistics/across the economy…yet. No surprise as most use is individual, making them more efficient. And then it will be businesses automating existing, not fixing things to be better/more productive
www.economist.com/the-world-ah.... 1/3
www.economist.com/the-world-ah.... 1/3
Yet again Ethan leads AI astray, and all it takes is a few minutes for me to turn an evil output into a 2025 Office Wall Calendar for a leader near you. Will be adding to my Etsy story in time for office Secret Santa (even I'm now wondering if I'm joking!). But if you want the file, let me know
December 3, 2024 at 5:10 AM
Yet again Ethan leads AI astray, and all it takes is a few minutes for me to turn an evil output into a 2025 Office Wall Calendar for a leader near you. Will be adding to my Etsy story in time for office Secret Santa (even I'm now wondering if I'm joking!). But if you want the file, let me know
It actually works! Drop a David Mayer hidden watermark in your assignments #aieducation
December 2, 2024 at 9:09 PM
It actually works! Drop a David Mayer hidden watermark in your assignments #aieducation
Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut.
Hi, I'm Yär, the metal component that disappears every time you take apart and move an IKEA furniture item. If you've moved home with your bed 3x you know that you only have one of these left holding the whole bed together.
Hi, I'm Yär, the metal component that disappears every time you take apart and move an IKEA furniture item. If you've moved home with your bed 3x you know that you only have one of these left holding the whole bed together.
December 1, 2024 at 6:27 AM
Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut.
Hi, I'm Yär, the metal component that disappears every time you take apart and move an IKEA furniture item. If you've moved home with your bed 3x you know that you only have one of these left holding the whole bed together.
Hi, I'm Yär, the metal component that disappears every time you take apart and move an IKEA furniture item. If you've moved home with your bed 3x you know that you only have one of these left holding the whole bed together.
And universities can look to their peers, rather than just Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency to work out how high to jump! Full paper "Gen AI strategies for Australian higher education: Emerging practice" is here: www.teqsa.gov.au/guides-resou...
November 29, 2024 at 2:26 AM
And universities can look to their peers, rather than just Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency to work out how high to jump! Full paper "Gen AI strategies for Australian higher education: Emerging practice" is here: www.teqsa.gov.au/guides-resou...
Instead of telling people how high to jump (because we don't know yet) they've instead chosen to share a framework and lots of examples of what other universities are doing in the areas of process, people and practice.
November 29, 2024 at 2:26 AM
Instead of telling people how high to jump (because we don't know yet) they've instead chosen to share a framework and lots of examples of what other universities are doing in the areas of process, people and practice.
Moving a picture in Microsoft word
November 26, 2024 at 4:34 AM
Moving a picture in Microsoft word
The final pitches from each of the teams showed there’s no shortage of ideas and obvious use cases for AI across frontline services. And many times it was about dealing with dreaded paperwork
November 21, 2024 at 9:24 AM
The final pitches from each of the teams showed there’s no shortage of ideas and obvious use cases for AI across frontline services. And many times it was about dealing with dreaded paperwork
At least one person in the room wanted to catch the moment 😂
November 21, 2024 at 1:00 AM
At least one person in the room wanted to catch the moment 😂
Today, I’m attending the Microsoft/Avanade AI hackathon for Public Sector in Sydney. “Hacking for Social Good”. Lots of teams of frontline workers will be hacking away to address wicked problems. Updates to follow… #aihackathon
November 20, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Today, I’m attending the Microsoft/Avanade AI hackathon for Public Sector in Sydney. “Hacking for Social Good”. Lots of teams of frontline workers will be hacking away to address wicked problems. Updates to follow… #aihackathon
It's okay, I've already written down the advice about how many rocks a day I should eat
November 20, 2024 at 5:43 AM
It's okay, I've already written down the advice about how many rocks a day I should eat
From the AUS Govt Copilot pilot: Although Microsoft 365 Copilot is available in all the apps (Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint), users found most value in Teams and Word. But when we get to Copilot in PowerPoint and Excel it didn't meet most users' expectations #aieducation 1/6
November 20, 2024 at 4:06 AM
From the AUS Govt Copilot pilot: Although Microsoft 365 Copilot is available in all the apps (Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint), users found most value in Teams and Word. But when we get to Copilot in PowerPoint and Excel it didn't meet most users' expectations #aieducation 1/6
Post a pic YOU took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline
November 16, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Post a pic YOU took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline
Meanwhile in the world of advertising, AI everything, including your mattress. Also, how huge is that AI chip? Must be an unreleased Nvidia HPU (Huge Processing Unit)
November 11, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Meanwhile in the world of advertising, AI everything, including your mattress. Also, how huge is that AI chip? Must be an unreleased Nvidia HPU (Huge Processing Unit)