Welcome to the Evolvepreneur A.I. Advantage Show Join me, Richard Wray, to gain the A.I. Advantage today where we dive deep into the transformative power of A.I. to help fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Gareth Rydon ... My background is in service design where I made things better for people. I co-founded Friyay over a year ago with the goal of spreading the benefits of AI as far and as wide as possible. I've always loved learning from people and generating new and exciting ideas to make their lives easier. With the advent of generative AI this has made this possible on a MASSIVE scale!

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur A.I. Advantage Show Join me, Richard Wray, to gain the A.I. Advantage today where we dive deep into the transformative power of A.I. to help fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Dr. Nici Sweaney ... Dr. Nici Sweaney is an AI consultant and founder of Ai Her Way, which focuses on empowering women in business through AI. With nearly two decades in academia and data science, Dr. Sweaney aims to bridge the gender gap in AI usage. She discusses her diverse career path, which includes various entrepreneurial ventures, and emphasizes the importance of AI literacy, particularly for women. Ai Her Way offers services that help businesses automate tasks and integrate AI solutions into their strategies. Dr. Sweaney highlights the rapid advancement of AI tools and the need for users to understand their functionality to alleviate fears surrounding technology. She advocates for greater female representation in AI development to ensure ethical usage. As a practical step, she encourages individuals to identify repetitive tasks suitable for automation. She also promotes her online course, the AI Powered Business Academy, aimed at teaching women about AI strategy and automation. The conversation underscores the importance of using AI as a tool for creativity and problem-solving rather than as a replacement for human capabilities. The episode concludes with a call to action for listeners to engage with AI and explore its potential benefits.

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur A.I. Advantage Show Join me, Richard Wray, to gain the A.I. Advantage today where we dive deep into the transformative power of A.I. to help fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Kathryn Carter ... Kathryn Carter from Cottage Science Consulting is a versatile problem-solver focused on helping startups and NGOs implement growth systems. Initially skeptical about AI, she became intrigued by its potential, especially in creating chatbots for difficult conversations. Kathryn values nuance in discussions and believes AI can ease mental load, particularly for women and those with cognitive disabilities, by automating tasks like meal budgeting. She uses AI for creativity and problem-solving, emphasizing it as a tool to complement human skills. Kathryn advocates exploring AI to free up mental space, while maintaining critical thinking and appreciating human interaction.

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur A.I. Advantage Show Join me, Richard Wray, to gain the A.I. Advantage today where we dive deep into the transformative power of A.I. to help fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Daniel Tolson ... Daniel Tolson is an entrepreneur who has developed AI technology to analyze emotional intelligence and help leaders become more effective. He shares his personal journey of discovering the importance of understanding one's own strengths and weaknesses through scientific assessments. Daniel's AI technology uses a 90-second voice recording to generate an in-depth report on a person's stress type, decision-making style, and other personality traits. This information can then be used to optimize job fit, improve team dynamics, and enhance leadership effectiveness. Daniel emphasizes the importance of trusting in science rather than relying on self-perception or biased self-reporting, as this allows leaders to make more informed decisions about their own development and how to get the best out of their teams.

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur A.I. Advantage Show Join me, Richard Wray, to gain the A.I. Advantage today where we dive deep into the transformative power of A.I. to help fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Deborah Tyson ... Deborah Tyson is the founder of BlissBot, a company on a mission to democratize well-being over the next decade. Deborah has embraced AI tools like ChatGPT and Midjourney to enhance her business and creative processes. BlissBot offers personalized wellness programs covering areas like mindfulness, fitness, and sleep, with the goal of making high-quality wellness support accessible to everyone, regardless of cost. Deborah sees AI as a valuable business tool that can free up time and improve the quality of her work, rather than a threat to jobs. She believes AI can help customize and deliver wellness content in an engaging and convenient way to support people facing common challenges like stress, loneliness, and low energy.

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur A.I. Advantage Show Join me, Richard Wray, to gain the A.I. Advantage today where we dive deep into the transformative power of A.I. to help fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Wissam Tabbara ... Wissam Tabbara, founder and CEO of Truebase, discusses how AI can automate and improve B2B sales processes. The current manual prospecting and outreach methods used by sales teams are repetitive, expensive, and inefficient. Truebase is an AI sales agent that can take over these repetitive tasks, allowing sales teams to focus on more valuable human interactions. Wissam emphasizes that AI is not meant to replace salespeople, but rather to enhance their capabilities and free them up for higher-level activities. He encourages embracing AI technology, as it will continue to advance and provide opportunities for those willing to adopt it.

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur A.I. Advantage Show Join me, Richard Wray, to gain the A.I. Advantage today where we dive deep into the transformative power of A.I. to help fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Saurabh Jain ... Saurabh Jain is the executive chair of Opyl, a company developing an AI-powered clinical trial design simulator. Opyl has analyzed over 360,000 clinical trials to build models that can predict with 90% accuracy whether a trial will succeed. The key is analyzing hundreds of variables related to trial design and the medical technology, rather than just the drug itself. This allows Opyl to optimize factors like patient numbers to improve the chances of success. Saurabh believes this technology could eventually make it unethical to run clinical trials without first simulating them in AI, drastically improving the efficiency and success rate of drug development. He sees broader applications for AI in automating and optimizing complex processes across many industries.

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur A.I. Advantage Show Join me, Richard Wray, to gain the A.I. Advantage today where we dive deep into the transformative power of A.I. to help fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Dave Poulos ... Dave Poulos, has extensive marketing experience and provides insights on how AI is disrupting industries like Hollywood, where actors' jobs are at risk. He explains how AI-generated content can be seen as derivative or bordering on plagiarism, raising legal and ethical questions. The conversation also touches on the difficulties governments face in trying to regulate a global, fast-moving technology like AI. Overall, the discussion highlights the need to view AI as a tool rather than a replacement for human creativity and the importance of maintaining human involvement in the creative process.

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur A.I. Advantage Show Join me, Richard Wray, to gain the A.I. Advantage today where we dive deep into the transformative power of A.I. to help fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Jason Souloglou ... Jason Souloglou is a serial entrepreneur with a mission: He wants technology to serve humanity- not vice versa. From PhD to Apple’s Rosetta and IBM, today, he is a proud CEO of SeeChange, a visual AI platform that detects risks for quick resolution in the physical world. SeaChange was inspired by the idea of making cameras more intelligent and able to understand what they see, by breaking down scenes into building blocks like objects, people, and their relationships. The technology has proven challenging to deploy in the real world, with many false positives that require extensive effort to remove. However, SeeChange has found success focusing on high-value use cases in the retail industry, such as improving self-checkout experiences and reducing theft and safety incidents. Beyond retail, the technology could be applied to other controlled environments like prisons to help identify potential conflicts before they escalate.

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur A.I. Advantage Show Join me, Richard Wray, to gain the A.I. Advantage today where we dive deep into the transformative power of A.I. to help fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Cyrus Wong ... Cyrus Wong, a senior lecturer at the Hong Kong Institute of Information Technology, discusses how he uses AI to grade student assignments and exams. By leveraging AI tools like ChatGPT, he is able to grade assignments much more efficiently and provide detailed feedback to students. This saves him significant time compared to manual grading, and allows him to be more fair and consistent in his assessments. Cyrus emphasizes the importance of carefully prompting and guiding the AI to ensure it provides accurate and relevant feedback. He also shares advice for using the most cost-effective AI models that can still accomplish the task at hand. Overall, Cyrus has found AI to be a valuable tool for improving the grading process and enhancing the educational experience for both teachers and students.

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur A.I. Advantage Show Join me, Richard Wray, to gain the A.I. Advantage today where we dive deep into the transformative power of A.I. to help fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Jessica Baladad ... Jessica Baladad, a five-year cancer survivor who transformed her pain into power, becoming a passionate advocate for women globally. She founded “Feel For Your Life”, a free mobile application that provides resources on how to perform self breast exams and when to get screenings, while allowing users to track and monitor their changes and set reminders to do self exams. Jessica’s own history with cancer drove her dedication to personally building her app. She first learned how to perform a self breast examination after having a benign tumor removed in college. Jessica just implemented AI into her "Feel For Your Life App" calling it "BreastFriendAI." BreastFriendAI is a digital chat device that creates a customized advocacy plan by preparing you for screenings, explaining your pathology reports, and assisting you through follow-ups, treatments and second opinions.

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur A.I. Advantage Show Join me, Richard Wray, to gain the A.I. Advantage today where we dive deep into the transformative power of A.I. to help fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Robert Plotkin ... Robert Plotkin is a patent attorney who has been obtaining software patents for innovative companies for over 25 years. His latest book, AI Armor: Securing the Future of Your AI Company With Strategic Intellectual Property, describes his unique method of leveraging IP to drive business success for growing AI companies.

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur A.I. Advantage Show Join me, Richard Wray, to gain the A.I. Advantage today where we dive deep into the transformative power of A.I. to help fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Jerome-W Dewald ... Jerome W Dewald earned a computer science degree during the era of iron-core memory and punched cards, with a minor in psychology, and began studying AI in 1976 with Eliza. Though admitted to graduate programs in computer engineering and law, he declined both. He is now reapplying to law schools while launching a platform for unrepresented litigants, including a virtual law school using deepfake technology. Since 2000, he has written bots in Visual Basic and C++, and developed a Google extension to aid in Russian language dating. In 2014, he founded GPT3 Venture Fund and Pro Se Pro, an AI-based tool for unrepresented litigants.

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur A.I. Advantage Show Join me, Richard Wray, to gain the A.I. Advantage today where we dive deep into the transformative power of A.I. to help fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Alexis Haselberger ... Alexis Haselberger is a time management and productivity coach who helps people be more efficient and less stressed through her coaching, workshops, and online courses. She previously worked in operations and HR roles at startups in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she developed her own time management strategies to avoid burnout. Alexis now uses AI tools like ChatGPT and Goblin Tools to help automate and streamline various tasks, allowing her to focus on the more interesting and creative aspects of her work. She emphasizes using AI to work less, not just to do more, and helps her clients build habits and systems to reclaim their time. Alexis believes these time management skills should be taught earlier, like in high school or college, to better prepare people for the demands of the modern workplace.

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur A.I. Advantage Show Join me, Richard Wray, to gain the A.I. Advantage today where we dive deep into the transformative power of A.I. to help fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Starr Oldorff ... Star Oldorff is the founder and CEO of Done4U™, a virtual business support agency. She started as a solo virtual assistant and grew her business into an agency focused on online business management and services for small businesses. Star began experimenting with AI tools like Otter.ai for transcription and later ChatGPT, using it to help her clients with tasks like content creation, process development, and eliminating her clients' involvement in certain business operations. Star emphasizes the importance of providing specific prompts and defining desired outcomes when using AI tools. She sees AI as an opportunity to increase productivity and efficiency, but also acknowledges potential downsides like job losses.

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur A.I. Advantage Show Join me, Richard Wray, to gain the A.I. Advantage today where we dive deep into the transformative power of A.I. to help fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Kirsten Graham ... Kirsten Graham is an entrepreneur who has partnered with Jeannie Wilson to help other entrepreneurs with their marketing and lead generation using AI tools and virtual assistants. Kirsten has been using AI tools like Jasper (now called Jarvis) for several years to help with content creation and optimization. She finds that her clients, many of whom are over 50 and starting new businesses, are generally open-minded about using AI as a tool to enhance their marketing efforts. Kirsten's company trains virtual assistants in the Philippines to use AI tools to help clients with tasks like video and podcast production, blog post writing, and social media marketing. Kirsten sees AI as a constantly evolving technology that businesses need to stay on top of, and she is excited about its potential to increase efficiency and productivity. Her advice to other entrepreneurs is to be open-minded about AI and to embrace it as a valuable tool, while also being mindful of potential misuse.

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur A.I. Advantage Show Join me, Richard Wray, to gain the A.I. Advantage today where we dive deep into the transformative power of A.I. to help fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Linda Fanaras ... Linda Fanaras is an award-winning executive marketer who owns a marketing firm called Millennium Agency. She discusses how her firm uses AI tools, primarily to assist with content writing and as a foundation for potential content, rather than fully automating the process. Linda notes that while some content writers are initially hesitant about AI, she sees it as a way to enhance their work. She emphasizes the importance of prompting AI systems effectively to get the desired output. Linda also touches on concerns around copyright and legalities related to AI-generated content, suggesting the need for customization to maintain brand voice and personality. Overall, she views AI as a valuable tool for marketers when used thoughtfully.

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur A.I. Advantage Show Join me, Richard Wray, to gain the A.I. Advantage today where we dive deep into the transformative power of A.I. to help fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Scott Thomsen ... This episode explores AI's advancements and misuse risks. Guest Scott Thomsen, ex-journalist now with Ventura County Fire, warns of AI's potential for convincing misinformation, damaging trust. He stresses authenticity, transparency, human oversight, and policy development in AI use. Scott urges disclosure of AI-generated content, advocating responsible AI to prevent societal divides and falsehoods. Maintaining human connection, honesty, and audience respect is vital amid AI evolution.

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur A.I. Advantage Show Join me, Richard Wray, to gain the A.I. Advantage today where we dive deep into the transformative power of A.I. to help fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Peter Bray ... Peter Bray is a former stage actor who transitioned into a successful marketing and copywriting business. He discusses how his background in acting and storytelling has helped him develop effective marketing strategies, particularly in using AI to enhance his storytelling and connect with audiences. Bray emphasizes the importance of creating an engaging "world" that draws customers in, rather than relying on pushy sales tactics. He explains how AI can assist with ideation, writing, and editing to streamline the content creation process. Bray is currently offering a free course to help entrepreneurs leverage AI for more effective storytelling and list building.

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur A.I. Advantage Show Join me, Richard Wray, to gain the A.I. Advantage today where we dive deep into the transformative power of A.I. to help fast-track your business. My very special guest today is David Espindola ... David Espindola is a technology executive, consultant, futurist, and author who discusses the future of artificial intelligence (AI) and how it will impact work and society. He believes AI will bring both challenges and opportunities, and that developing skills like lateral thinking, empathy, and creativity will be crucial for collaborating with intelligent machines. David advises companies to get their data and workforce ready to effectively leverage AI tools, which he believes can level the playing field for smaller businesses. He is optimistic about AI's potential to make work more satisfying by automating manual tasks. David offers consulting services to help organizations implement AI successfully.