AI can automate research, outreach, personalization, and analysis in institutional advancement. The largest gains come from redesigning workflows rather than adding a chatbot.
Summary: AI can automate research, outreach, personalization, and analysis in institutional advancement. The largest gains come from redesigning workflows rather than adding a chatbot.
I challenged several LLMs to generate funny Tamil puns ending in ".ai". While DeepSeek and Claude struggled with accuracy, Gemini captured the cultural nuance perfectly with clever wordplay like Tholl.ai (annoyance) and Kaval.ai (worry).
I share how I've used AI in my Tools in Data Science course: teaching through exams and prompts, designing assessment to make cheating pointless, building course content, and analyzing learning data.
I shared a photo of my view from the Infosys office and confirmed that our team has officially reached breakeven. It's a small snapshot of my workspace during a successful financial period for our division.
Treat AI advice, models and agent workflows as hypotheses: test them on your own work, mine your logs for evidence, and make verification part of the workflow.
