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Preface: Why AI isn’t new

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/articles/zh77cqt

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Data: the grail we can actually find, even if not obvious.

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Project management; Minimum Viable Products

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Cloud: like a DC, just no cables or weird humming noise

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AI/ML: Raw data into gold—or at least a dashboard.

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Articles: like a blog post, but with more opinions.

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Tools and perhaps a Blueprint to adapt & apply

⚙️ Blending Nostradamus and neural net spotting more trends than a Venetian gossip

No dragons, no legends — just raw power hiding in plain sight.

Innovation without limits. Budgets without chaos. MVPs without excuses.

We took the server room, put it on another floor and called it innovation

We took pattern-matching, gave it a black box, and called it genius.

Soapbox wisdom from the school of 'I just reckon'

If at first you don't succeed, try a bigger hammer.

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