The AI Pyramid

ByMichael January 30, 2023May 10, 2026

AI | Education | Knowledge Management

Part 6 – I Built the Next Layer. It’s a Research Wiki That Grows Itself.
ByMichael May 12, 2026May 21, 2026

I thought the next layer would be more Obsidian configuration. It wasn’t. More graph view, more backlinks, more manual connection-making. That is what I used to do in Roam. I would spend real time threading notes together, following paths between ideas, maintaining a map of how everything connected. I did not do any of that….

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AI | HigherEd | Speaking & Appearances

Leading the Dialogue: My Keynote on AI’s Place in the Future of Career Services at MWACE
ByMichael January 25, 2024May 10, 2026

Thank you, Midwest ACE! 🌟 It was a privilege to present “AI and the Art of Career Services: A Balanced Approach” at the MWACE 2023 Annual Conference. Discussing AI’s role in career services highlighted the importance of blending technology with human insight. 🤖💼. Special thanks to President Katie Kennealy, the organizers, and the dynamic audience…

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AI | Doctorate | Education | HigherEd | Personal Development

Until You Know It Cold
ByMichael May 31, 2026May 31, 2026

The first time I watched a large language model generate research output in forty seconds, I was not impressed by the quality. I was impressed by the volume, and by how quickly it could pivot when I changed the question. The results were plausible, competently organized, and largely superficial. What changed things was connecting to…

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From Old School to AI: ChatGPT’s Vision Reads a Scanned Document from My Past Program!
ByMichael October 4, 2023May 10, 2026

So this is blowing my mind. I had scanned this image from my Master’s work some time ago and stored it in Evernote. I then uploaded it directly to ChatGPT, without any introduction, and received the following response. Below is what I got

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Quick AI productivity tip! Have you used ChatGPT and Mermaid together?
ByMichael April 7, 2023May 10, 2026

💡 ChatGPT can help you communicate your ideas more clearly and effectively, while Mermaid can help you visualize them. 👉 Mermaid is a simple yet powerful tool for creating diagrams and flowcharts in Markdown. Take a look at the video below. 🔑 I highly recommend giving them both a try! #ChatGPT #Mermaid #ProductivityHacks 4

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AI | HigherEd | Institutional Research | Knowledge Management

I buried the AI lede
ByMichael May 23, 2026May 23, 2026

When new data enters the pipeline, a full rerun used to mean hours. Pull everything, re-join everything, wait. That was the cost of keeping enrollment data current. The architecture I described last week does not work that way. New data drops into the stage where it belongs and everything downstream picks up from there. A…

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