Alright, folks! We’ve wrapped up the first 13 days of the #100DaysOfAI Challenge. Now, let’s kick back, grab a coffee, and chat about the cool stuff that went down in Phase 2 over the next 27 days. Spoiler alert: It’s been a mix of fun, challenges, and maybe a few ‘aha’ moments. Let’s spill the beans, shall we?
Before we get to spilling the beans, here is a quick reminder of the 3 phases of this challenge:
- Phase 1: Al Foundations
- Phase 2: Learn the most versatile AI use cases
- Phase 3: Apply your AI skills to real world problems
Now, let’s transition to the middle phase, Phase 2: Learning the most versatile AI use cases. If you missed it, hop over to the Phase 1 recap for some context first.
The Day 14 email, similar to the Day 1 email, sets the stage for the rest of the phase.
Over the next 4 weeks, in Phase 2, we’ll dive deeper into some of the most common AI use cases. We’ll be building on some of the tools we’ve already been exposed to and learn some others.
Days 15 – 40 mark the heart of Phase 2. This phase differs from the first as it is broken down into five different tracks:
- AI Art Track (3 days)
- AI Marketing Track (6 days)
- AI Sales Track (3 days)
- AI Augmentor Track (4 days)
- AI Creator Track (5 days)
Each track features exercises with tools and workflows (some new, some from Phase 1) related to the track’s topic. While these exercises are tailored to each track, they are general enough to be easily adapted to other use cases. The day after each track is a rest day, allowing time to reflect on what was learned and prepare for the new track starting the next day.
A quick note: Although many of the tools used have paid versions, I utilized the free or trial versions for my tasks and exercises.”
The Stats:
- “Exercise” Days = 21
- “Non-Exercise” Days = 6
- Non-Exercise Days = rest & reflection, prep, and inspirational days
The AI Tools Used:
- Image Creator from Designer (part of Microsoft Copilot) – Image Creator is a product to help users generate AI images with DALL·E 3. Given a text prompt, our AI will generate a set of images matching that prompt.
- Distillery by FollowFox – At Distillery, a proud innovation of FollowFox, we empower your imagination with our groundbreaking open-source AI text-to-image generator.
- Pika – Pika is the idea-to-video platform that sets your creativity in motion.
- CassetteAI – Cassette is your Copilot for AI Music Generation.
- Genmo – Genmo is a platform for creating and sharing interactive, immersive generative art.
- ChatGPT from OpenAI – Get instant answers, find creative inspiration, learn something new.
- Zapier – You dream up what to automate—Zapier will handle the rest.
- Momento – Momento AI, the world’s very first turnkey and scalable AI cloning platform! Scale yourself by creating an AI clone of… you.
- Adobe Firefly – With simple text prompts in over 100 languages, you can generate images, add or remove objects, transform text, and so much more.
- Chipp – Build a custom ChatGPT without code. Share it with your audience or sell it to build your business.
- Triggre – Triggre allows you to build, deploy and scale web applications that can be used on any device thanks to an intuitive visual designer.
- OpenAI – Our API platform offers our latest models and guides for safety best practices.
- Gamma – A new medium for presenting ideas. Powered by AI. Just start writing. Beautiful, engaging content with none of the formatting and design work.
- Exa – The Exa API retrieves the best content on the web using embeddings-based search.
- Perplexity – Perplexity is your AI-powered Swiss Army Knife for information discovery and curiosity. It’s not just about answering questions; it’s about empowering you to do more—whether you’re looking to summarize content, explore new topics, or even get a little creative.
- Albus – Turn complex topics into bite-sized content with Albus blocks. Think of Albus blocks as AI power visual mini, mind maps.
- Sudowrite – Sudowrite is the non-judgmental, always-there-to-read-one-more-draft, never-runs-out-of-ideas-even-at-3am, AI writing partner you always wanted.️
- Checklet – Expert-written checkers to polish jokes, edit resumes, revise emails… and check anything!
- Voiceflow – Voiceflow helps conversational AI teams build and launch
incredible AI agents, for any use case, faster. - Runway – Runway is an applied AI research company shaping the next era of art, entertainment and human creativity.
- ElevenLabs – Convert text to speech online for free with our AI voice generator. Create natural AI voices instantly in any language – perfect for video creators, developers, and businesses.
- Replit – Build software collaboratively with the power of AI, on any device, without spending a second on setup.
The AI Frameworks or Mindsets Used:
- PREP Framework – it’s a four-step process designed to help you create effective prompts for ChatGPT, enabling it to generate specific outputs based on your needs. It stands for:
- Prompt: Setting the context for your interaction with ChatGPT.
- Role: Defining ChatGPT’s role in this scenario.
- Explicate Instruction: Clearly stating what you want ChatGPT to do.
- Parameters: Defining the scope and constraints of the task.
- Dynamic Prompting – developed and refined by Linus Ekenstam, helps you control the key elements of an image, using just text commands. There are six key elements to dynamic prompting:
- Subject – The focus of the image
- Acting – What the subject is doing/feeling/emoting
- Style – Features of the subject including clothing, ethnicity, eye color, hair color, etc.
- Place – The location of the image, also the year or era can be added to impact style
- Time of Day – Exactly as it sounds, but also helpful to tweak the lighting
- Photographic Equipment – The fancy details of film, lens and camera settings that offer fine control
To wrap up this post, here are my 5 top takeaways from Phase 2 of the 100 Days of AI:
- The AI Sandwich (Day 28)
- This one has stuck with me since I learned the concept on Day 28, partly because of the imagery and partly because, like Joey from Friends, I love a good sandwich!
- Here is the concept:
- Picture the “AI Sandwich” like a team effort potluck: you kick things off with your human touch (the top piece of bread), then let AI whip up something cool and unexpected (the meaty content), and finish it off by refining the masterpiece before you present it to the world (the bottom piece of bread). It’s like a tag team between your creativity and AI’s flair, resulting in content that’s not just tasty but well-balanced.
- Chipp (Day 24)
- Chipp is an intuitive and easy-to-use tool/platform that allows you to quickly create “Chatbots” for your website needs with no code needed. There are free and paid plans, and if you are a hobbyist the free plan is enough to let you really try it out. It should also be noted that you will require an OpenAI account and an OpenAI API token, ChatGPT is the brains behind the Chipp chatbots you create. During day 24 I used it to create a Dad Joke generator called “Dad Joke 9000” 😁
- Perplexity (Day 31)
- Perplexity, like many other AI tools available today, can answer questions through interactive “chat” sessions. What sets it apart, and what I appreciate about it, is its approach that mimics a search engine. This means it not only provides answers but also supplies resources from which the answer data came. Additionally, it offers a user-friendly experience through its Chrome extension and mobile app.
- There are both free and paid versions, and I have found that the free version covers my current needs. However, if you’re seeking more refined answers, the paid version, called Pro Search, might be for you. Pro Search serves as your conversational search guide. Instead of delivering quick, generic results, it engages with you, fine-tuning its responses based on your specific needs.
- Sudowrite (Day 35)
- If you do a lot of writing and suffer from writer’s block, this is a really cool tool. It’s not meant to write the story for you (like pretty much any GPT could do) but instead, it offers ideas and different paths to go down with the story to get you inspired. There is no free plan, but you can have a trial based on credits that lets you give it a good go before you need to subscribe.
- Voiceflow (Day 36)
- Voiceflow can create AI-based “Chatbots” that are easily shareable, much like Chipp. What sets it apart is its use of visual programming as the method for creating the logic behind the AI. While Chipp is a no-code solution, I’d say this is more of a low-code approach. If you’ve ever used Dynamo or Grasshopper, it will feel familiar for sure.
- As the name might suggest, you can also set it up so the chatbot can be interacted with using voice commands, which is nice, but not a real game-changer for me. What really stands out is the ability to add “Knowledge bases.” These are sources (websites, PDFs, TXT, DOCX, or its integrations like Zendesk).
- There are free (called sandbox) and paid plans to choose from
I’d also like to give an “Honorable Mention” to Adobe Firefly, my favorite AI Art Generator that I used during Phase 2. It offers a limited free plan and various levels of paid plans to choose from.
Two phases down, the final and longest phase is on deck next.
Until next time, enjoy the AI journey.
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Note: The images in this post, unless noted otherwise, were created using AI (Copilot & DALL-E 3)
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