⏱ Duration: 2 hr per session (room opens 15 minutes before start time)
📍 Location: Launchpad, (Hillary House)
We are now two years into GenAI deployment, and the field has gained valuable insights into effective strategies and common challenges.
Who Should Attend:
- Everyone from innovation leaders to strategic decision-makers.
Session Objectives:
- Share current best practices whilst highlighting discredited practices.
Agenda:
Key Takeaways
Prompt Engineering → Context Imports
We move from ad-hoc prompts to structured context imports, where exposition and annotation make reasoning explicit.
Accuracy → Stateless One-Shots
Rather than brittle long conversations, precision comes from stateless one-shots.
Docs → Continual Flow
Static documentation yields to continual, evolving information.
Copy/Paste → MCP
Manual transfer is replaced by direct MCP integrations.
Anonymisation → Privacy
Surface anonymisation matures into holistic privacy.
Long Context → RAG
RAG grounds outputs more efficiently than long contexts.
Chain of Thought → Structured Examples
Reasoning shifts from free-form to structured examples.
LLMs → Neurosymbolic
Pure LLMs evolve into neurosymbolic systems.
Vibe Coding → Microservices
Informal coding becomes disciplined microservices.
ROI → Exponential Growth
ROI metrics expand to exponential growth models.
SaaS → Structured Frameworks
SaaS transitions to extensible frameworks.
About the Instructors:
Stan Keig
Founder of Viking (1994), Stan has decades of experience introducing transformative technologies to the legal sector, including directing Lawtel for live legal information dissemination and supporting the development of CourtLink (later acquired by British Telecom).
Arron Clague
Director of AI and Machine Learning at Viking Office Systems, Arron brings extensive experience in AI/ML, cloud systems, and finance. He has led the development of early internet AI companies and now helps businesses harness AI-driven workflow tools.
About Activate AI:
Activate AI is an initiative empowering the Isle of Man community through accessible AI education and training. Led by industry experts, our sessions provide actionable insights to help businesses and residents harness AI for innovation, productivity, and growth.
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