Practical AI / Clear thinking

Mike Vallotton

I make AI useful for people who have real work to do.

Start with a plain-English guide to what AI is, what it can do, and where it falls short, then explore practical guidance about work, agents, search, software development, and human judgment.

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Start with AI fundamentals

Build your AI fluency

Explore topics that help you understand AI, apply it to your work, extend your personal capabilities, and prepare for the systems it is changing.

AI Fundamentals

Understand how AI works, why context and iteration matter, and how to use it responsibly.

Explore AI Fundamentals

AI and Work

Learn how AI is changing workflows, careers, teams, and organizational expectations.

Explore AI and Work

AI Agents

Understand how AI moves from answering questions to completing multi-step work.

Explore AI Agents

AI Search and GEO

Learn how AI is changing discovery and what makes information understandable and trustworthy to generative systems.

Explore AI Search and GEO

Software Development and AI

Explore how AI changes the development lifecycle, technical roles, and the judgment required to build reliable systems.

Explore Software Development and AI

AI and Thinking

Use AI to support reasoning, learning, creativity, and exploration without outsourcing the thinking that matters.

Explore AI and Thinking