Let me start with a simple confession, and I hope it\u2019s not too shocking for anyone; I\u2019m old. When I was a teenager, a fantastically funny film was released called \u201cMonty Python\u2019s The Life of Brian\u201d. While I recognize there is some controversy around the film, I would like to draw your attention to one, non-controversial, sketch, the discussion of Rome by the revolutionaries in the film:<\/p>\n
\u201cAll right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the freshwater system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?\u201d<\/p>\n
What does this have to do with AI you may be asking. Well, let me tell you.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been working in IT for over 30 years now. <\/a>A pretty healthy chunk of that was as a DBA. It\u2019s been my focus and my passion. I love the job. But, let\u2019s be clear. I\u2019m just a DBA. I\u2019m not a data analyst, data scientist, or a developer building new tools and mechanisms. I wouldn\u2019t begin to know how to take, for example, Open.AI and plug it into my systems to make it start providing analysis of my own data. That\u2019s just simply beyond me. Sorry, but there it is.<\/p>\n That means I can\u2019t really use AI, right?<\/p>\n No.<\/p>\n Instead, I\u2019m a consumer. There are AI systems out there that I can take advantage of. Those systems can do things to help me in my day-to-day work. I can take advantage of the tools to do things like:<\/p>\n And a whole lot more. In fact, all this is exactly what I\u2019ll be covering in my session at PGConf.EU<\/a>. I\u2019ll get in to how to use the publicly available tools, traps to watch for, mechanisms to ensure better results, and simply more things to do.<\/p>\n\n