A Beginner's Guide to AI

Dietmar Fischer
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"A Beginner's Guide to AI" makes the complex world of Artificial Intelligence accessible to all. Each episode asks someone working with AI about what they do and how AI can help you. Ideal for novices, tech enthusiasts, and the simply curious, this podcast transforms AI learning into an engaging, digestible journey. Join us as we take the first steps into AI!

  1. How Michael Sacca of LeadPages Is Using AI to Transform Landing Pages Forever

    3小時前

    How Michael Sacca of LeadPages Is Using AI to Transform Landing Pages Forever

    Michael Sacca (Leadpages) on AI-powered landing pages, personalization, and the future of search 🚀 In this conversation, Michael Sacca shares how Leadpages is weaving AI landing page optimization into real marketing workflows - from personalization that actually moves the needle to what Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) means for search and conversions. 📧📧📧 Tune in to get my thoughts and all episodes, don't forget to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠subscribe to our Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! 📧📧📧 💡 Highlights How AI landing page optimization boosts conversion rates with smarter on-page decisions 🤖Practical ways to implement AI-driven personalization without overwhelming your stackWhy AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) matters as search shifts to assistants and LLMs 🔎Navigating privacy & data considerations when deploying AIThe future roadmap for AI inside SaaS marketing tools 🚀 ⚡Quotes from the Episode "Can AI be an analyzer of customer data, a designer, or even a generator of entire assets? That’s what we’re experimenting with—expanding from just a landing page builder into a conversion optimization platform, with AI at the heart of that story.” - Michael Sacca “If we can get you the answer faster, we can increase conversions.” - Michael Sacca “One exciting use case is syncing ad creative with landing page optimization. Imagine designing a page, having ads produced, and feeding both into a system that constantly optimizes them together. That’s where we’re heading.” - Michael Sacca 🧾 Chapters 00:00 Introduction – Dietmar Fischer welcomes Michael Sacca from Leadpages 05:17 Making AI accessible for SMBs in landing page optimization 10:28 Building an AI-first landing page builder 15:37 The exciting shift in Martech and AI adoption 20:59 Exploring personalization and customer experience challenges 26:09 Conversational landing pages and chatbots in Beta 31:19 The cusp of transformation: AI’s role in marketing workflows 36:39 Lessons from 13 years of Leadpages and the future outlook 41:45 Closing remarks and where to find Michael Sacca Where to find Michael Sacca: 🔗 Website: leadpages.com 🧑‍🦰 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/michaelsacca 🙅 X/Twitter: x.com/michaelsacca 🎙️ "On the Record" Podcast: lp.leadpages.com/podcast/ 📧 Tune in to get my thoughts, and don’t forget to subscribe to our Newsletter: beginnersguide.nl Music credit: "Modern Situations" by Unicorn Heads

    47 分鐘
  2. Future of Leadership with AI: Lessons from CISCO's President Jeetu Patel

    2日前

    Future of Leadership with AI: Lessons from CISCO's President Jeetu Patel

    In this episode of Beginner’s Guide to AI, host Dietmar Fischer sits down with Jeetu Patel, one of the most respected voices in enterprise technology, to explore leadership and innovation in the age of AI. From his early journey at Box to his executive leadership at Cisco, Jeetu shares a unique perspective on how leaders can adapt, inspire, and build AI-first organizations that thrive in times of rapid change. 📧📧📧 Tune in to get my thoughts and all episodes, don't forget to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠subscribe to our Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! 📧📧📧 Whether you’re an executive, innovator, or simply curious about the future of leadership with AI, this episode will challenge your thinking and spark new ideas about the future of work. 🔑 Episode Highlights AI Leadership Strategies: How leaders can empower people, not replace them. Innovation in the Age of AI: Opportunities and challenges for executives.Building AI-First Organizations: Why starting today is critical for tomorrow.Future of Work: Leadership lessons from tech executives who’ve lived digital transformation. 💬 Quotes from the Episode “Leadership in the age of AI isn’t about replacing people — it’s about empowering them to innovate faster and smarter.” — Jeetu Patel “If you’re not building your organization to be AI-first today, you’ll be playing catch-up tomorrow.” — Jeetu Patel 🎬 Podcast Chapters (experimental feature) 00:00 Introduction and Welcome with Jeetu Patel00:21 Why Jeetu Patel Chose AI02:56 Cisco, Infrastructure, and the AI Rush09:02 AI Education and Adoption at Scale16:18 How Jeetu Patel Personally Uses AI26:46 Leadership Lessons and Transformation28:12 Meta-Prompting and Asking Better Questions42:15 Innovation and Leadership in the Age of AI54:33 Personal Reflections and Closing Thoughts 🌐 Where to find Jeetu Patel You can find Jeetu on LinkedIn And, you can find Cisco at, yes, Cisco.com 😉 🎧 Tune in to get my thoughts, and don’t forget to subscribe to our Newsletter: beginnersguide.nl 🎵 Music credit: "Modern Situations" by Unicorn Heads

    59 分鐘
  3. Yvette Schmitter: Why Your Data Is More Valuable Than Your Vote

    3日前

    Yvette Schmitter: Why Your Data Is More Valuable Than Your Vote

    In this episode, Yvette Schmitter unpacks the uncomfortable truth about modern AI: how convenience turns citizens into data points. We go deep on AI privacy, data ethics, and the industry incentives that drive data brokers, invasive biometrics, and “consent theater” in Terms of Service. Yvette blends engineering chops with no-nonsense clarity to show what needs to change—and what you can do today. 📧📧📧 Tune in to get my thoughts and all episodes, don't forget to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠subscribe to our Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! 📧📧📧 Key highlights: AI privacy explained in real-world terms—what you trade away when you click Accept Data brokers 101: how your info is collected, bundled, and resold The “action figure” experiment: a vivid story about bias and representation in AI imagery Biometrics and identity: faces, voice prints, and why “frictionless” can be risky Regulatory theater vs. meaningful guardrails—and where pro-innovation actually fits Banks, voice recognition, and moving money: the security-privacy tradeoff Quotes from the Episode “Pro-innovation. I love innovation. I’m anti-bullshit.” “Since we don’t buy votes, why would we buy people’s data?” Chapters00:00 Introductions and Setup03:27 The Consent Illusion & Data Brokers: Turning People into Data Points04:40 The “Action Figure” AI Fail & Biometrics and Identity12:59 Terms of Service – Read Before You Play19:59 Regulatory Theater and Real-World Harms24:03 Pro-Innovation vs Guardrails – Finding the Line45:59 Banks, Voice Recognition, and Moving Money56:49 Final Thoughts – Sensible Guardrails for AI Startups Where to find Yvette SchmitterYou can contact her via LinkedIn, or the Fusion Collective website 🚀 post⁠ on being “Huang’d” by ChatGPT when she asked it to turn her into a “Cloud Jedi." Also a recent Substack ⁠article⁠ that takes it a step further.  - EU AI Code of Conduct: 26 companies signed, META did not  - Layoff data, the numbers: Microsoft laid off 19,175 people   IBM was refreshingly honest about replacing 200 HR employees with chatbots  Intel cut 33,900 jobs, 20% of their workforce, while pivoting to AI services.  - The Register: Attributed by Hood to 'go-to-market execution challenges' - Channelweb: "Microsoft CFO Amy Hood said that non-AI Azure sales saw 'go-to-market execution challenges' in the vendor's 'scale motion" - SiliconANGLE: "causing the Microsoft stock price to fall more than 4% in extended trading" - Yahoo Finance: "Microsoft shares tumbled as much as 5% in extended trading Wednesday" - Check out this graphic depicting tech companies with the largest layoffs in 2025 - Microsoft: Amy Hood's "Go-to-Market Execution Challenges" Quote:$22.6 Billion Capital ExpenditureGeekWire: "For the quarter, Microsoft reported capital expenditures of $22.6 billion, a new record high"Stock Drop & Market Reaction." ---Tune in to get my thoughts, and don’t forget to subscribe to our Newsletter! Music credit: "Modern Situations" by Unicorn Heads

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  4. We Don’t Have a Job Problem — We Have a Vision Problem – Christopher Penn’s Urgent AI Wake-up Call // REPOST

    6日前

    We Don’t Have a Job Problem — We Have a Vision Problem – Christopher Penn’s Urgent AI Wake-up Call // REPOST

    AI isn’t the future — it’s right now. In this episode, Christopher Penn joins me to break down what most companies get wrong about artificial intelligence, why ChatGPT is just the engine (not the car), and how ego — not tech — is the biggest roadblock to real innovation. 📧📧📧 Tune in to get my thoughts and all episodes, don't forget to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠subscribe to our Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! 📧📧📧 We dig into job loss, the myth of SEO being “dead,” the hidden dangers of AI in warfare, and how every nation can catch up by leveraging open-source models. Christopher shares how he uses AI personally, what businesses should really be optimizing for, and the surprising reason why most leaders are still stuck in 2010 thinking. Fast, sharp, and deeply practical — this one’s a must-listen. Connect directly to Chris Penn or go to Trustinstights to find out how you can leverage AI for your business 🚀 --- Music credit: "Modern Situations" by Unicorn Heads

    41 分鐘
  5. Unleashing Marketing Operations: AI Meets In-House Excellence with Kasper Sierslev

    8月21日

    Unleashing Marketing Operations: AI Meets In-House Excellence with Kasper Sierslev

    Unlocking the Power of AI in Marketing with Kasper Sierslev How is artificial intelligence transforming the way we approach marketing? In this episode, we dive deep with Kasper Sierslev, founder of Zite, to uncover the real-world opportunities and challenges of AI in marketing. Discover how forward-thinking brands are leveraging AI tools to spark creativity, streamline campaigns, and stay ahead in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. 📧💌📧 Ready to take your business to the next level? Subscribe for more AI strategies, share your questions in the comments, and visit our website for free resources. Don’t miss exclusive content in our newsletter—sign up today: ⁠⁠⁠beginnersguide.nl⁠⁠⁠ 📧💌📧 💡 Key Highlights: Kasper Sierslev shares his journey and unique perspective on embedding AI into marketing strategies Top AI tools for marketers and how to use them for impactful results The importance of a human-centric approach to AI in marketing Insights on the future of AI and how brands can stay ahead Actionable advice for marketers looking to adopt AI today 🧾 Quotes from the Episode: “It’s not super easy sitting on the other side doing creative work and just saying, ‘We made this great film, look how funny it is.’ That’s gut feeling, it’s opinions. For almost 20 years now, creativity and branding has lost a lot.” - Kasper Sierslev “I think it’s super easy to do something now, but we don’t really have the big AI tech companies here yet. Maybe that’s because of copyright laws or the lawsuits happening at the moment. Still, we can build on top of the bigger models and protect what we’re doing as it goes back into the loop.”Kasper Sierslev 📂 Chapters (experimental feature):00:00 Introduction & Kasper Sierslev's Background 04:00 AI Tools for Marketers 08:00 Creativity, Branding & AI 15:00 Human-Centric AI in Marketing 25:00 Real-World AI Marketing Case Studies 33:00 Challenges & Cultural Shifts in Advertising 41:00 The Future of AI in Marketing 50:00 Practical Advice for Marketers 🔗 Where to find Kasper Sierslev: LinkedIn Zite Website, where you also find the In-house Barometer! --- Tune in to get my thoughts, and don’t forget to subscribe to our Newsletter!Music credit: "Modern Situations" by Unicorn Heads

    51 分鐘
  6. OpenAI's Matt Weaver on GPT-5, AI Literacy, and Adoption Strategies

    8月19日

    OpenAI's Matt Weaver on GPT-5, AI Literacy, and Adoption Strategies

    🚀 Matt Weaver, Solutions Engineering Leader at OpenAI, takes us inside the launch of GPT-5, the rise of AI agents, and how these tools are transforming industries. From practical business adoption tips to exploring advanced features like Deep Research and Custom GPTs, this episode is packed with actionable insights. 📧 Tune in to get my thoughts, tips and tricks and all the episode in your mailbox: beginnersguide.nl 💡 What you’ll learn in this episode: How GPT-5 chooses the right reasoning model automatically for better answersWhy AI literacy is the foundation for business adoptionIndustry examples from banking (BBVA) to travel (Virgin Atlantic)How AI agents like Deep Research work – and why they’re a game changerCreating your own Custom GPTs without codingAddressing AI objections: security, hallucinations, and cost concerns Quotes from the Episode: 💬 “AI is such a transformative technology — now is the time to reimagine your processes, not just bolt it onto old ones.” – Matt Weaver 💬 “Your first AGI moment changes how you see every problem — you start thinking, ‘How can ChatGPT help me with this?’” – Matt Weaver 🧾 Chapters (experimental): 00:00 Welcome & Introduction to Matt Weaver 01:18 Matt’s Journey into AI and Joining OpenAI 03:58 GPT-5 Launch – What’s New and Why It Matters 08:28 How Businesses Should Start with ChatGPT 10:45 AI Adoption Strategies & Avoiding Common Mistakes 12:14 Industry Examples – Banking, Travel, and Professional Services 14:06 Deep Research: AI Agents Explained 18:06 Study Mode & AI in Education 19:56 Overcoming Objections: Security, Hallucinations & Costs 24:06 ROI of ChatGPT in Business 28:22 The “AGI Moment” & Personal Uses of ChatGPT 32:03 The Future of AI: Agents, Coding, and New Businesses 35:48 Custom GPTs – Building Your Own AI Apps 39:06 AI Safety & Optimism for the Future 41:16 Where to Find Matt Weaver & Closing Want to know more? 🔗 ChatGPT is now also at Chat.com 🔗 OpenAI's learning resources are at: academy.openai.com 🎵 Music credit: "Modern Situations" by Unicorn Heads

    47 分鐘
  7. Dice or Dominoes? The Secret Battle Inside Every AI

    8月17日

    Dice or Dominoes? The Secret Battle Inside Every AI

    Why does your smartphone sometimes act like a mind reader and other times seem hopelessly confused? In this episode of “A Beginner’s Guide to AI,” we explore the dramatic showdown between probabilistic and deterministic systems in artificial intelligence. Discover why some AIs operate like precise clockwork while others make predictions by rolling the dice—plus how this difference shapes everything from language tools to life-saving healthcare tech. We dive into real-world stories, serve up cake-baking metaphors, and arm you with practical tips for spotting these systems in action. Tune in to get my thoughts and all the episodes, don't forget to subscribe to our Newsletter: beginnersguide.nl This podcast was generated with the help of ChatGPT, Mistral and Claude 3. We do fact check with human eyes, but there still might be hallucinations in the output. And, by the way, it's read by an AI voice. Music credit: "Modern Situations" by Unicorn Heads

    17 分鐘
  8. What Is Biocomputing? Fred Jordan on AI’s New Frontier

    8月15日

    What Is Biocomputing? Fred Jordan on AI’s New Frontier

    Step into the future of artificial intelligence with Fred Jordan as he introduces “Biocomputing”—the next evolutionary leap for AI. In this episode, Fred unpacks how biocomputing uses nature’s own design principles to build more adaptive, resilient, and intelligent systems. 📧💌📧 Tune in to get my thoughts, and don’t forget to ⁠subscribe to our Newsletter⁠! 📧💌📧 Highlights from the episode: What “Biocomputing” is, and why it matters for the future of AI How biocomputing fundamentally differs from traditional approaches Fred Jordan’s personal journey and vision for next-generation intelligence Real-world examples and the untapped potential of biocomputing Quotes from the Episode: “Biocomputing is about harnessing the principles of life itself to create intelligence that adapts and evolves, just like nature intended.” “We’re not just building smarter machines; with biocomputing, we’re taking inspiration from biology to leap forward in how AI thinks and grows.” Chapters (experimental):00:00 Introduction and Fred Jordan’s Background04:15 What Is Biocomputing? The Big Idea15:30 Biocomputing vs. Traditional AI: Key Differences28:50 Real-World Applications and the Future of Biocomputing41:10 Closing Thoughts and Next Steps Where to find Fred Jordan and FinalSpark: Discord: discord.com/invite/edPetHUYtx Website: finalspark.com Apply to join: finalspark.com/neuroplatform/ Get the newsletter: beginnersguide.nl 📧 Music credit: "Modern Situations" by Unicorn Heads

    51 分鐘
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"A Beginner's Guide to AI" makes the complex world of Artificial Intelligence accessible to all. Each episode asks someone working with AI about what they do and how AI can help you. Ideal for novices, tech enthusiasts, and the simply curious, this podcast transforms AI learning into an engaging, digestible journey. Join us as we take the first steps into AI!

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  • 創作者
    Dietmar Fischer
  • 活躍年份
    2023年 - 2025年
  • 單集
    285
  • 分級
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  • 版權
    © Dietmar Fischer
  • 節目網站
    A Beginner's Guide to AI

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