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Foundations favour the AI brave

How do we strengthen our foundational knowledge amid rapid AI growth?

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Simon Tomes
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Hello, I'm Simon. Since 2003 I've had various roles in testing, tech leadership and coaching. I believe in the power of collaboration, creativity and community. 🎓 MoT-STEC qualified.

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Melissa Fisher
I like that. You are more talented than AI and to trust yourself. Also SO much good stuff in here like "write it first, then shape it". I have once observed someone using a LLM instead of collaborating with a colleague. It can change the way team members interact, so need to have company policies on usage in my view.

Preeti Gupta
Thanks Melissa!!!

Simon Tomes
> It can change the way team members interact, so need to have company policies on usage in my view. Good shout, Melissa. Sounds like we could start a new Moment on that. Perhaps something like: "What does your LLM company policy look like?" or more specifically, "What guardrails are in place to encourage people to collaborate with humans over AI?"

Simon Tomes
@Melissa Fisher. Also makes me think of the Agile Manifesto and perhaps we could create an AI Quality Manifesto where we list a set of manifesto points which use the " over " style of manifesto writing. 🤔

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