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 used the Claude Code agent to search 24,000 Wikipedia entries for names starting and ending with "AI." In ten minutes, I identified ten individuals, including Aishwarya Rai and Ai Nagai, through automated pattern matching and scripting.
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.
