Last week I attended and volunteered at the inaugural Columbus AI Week conference.
It was a great opportunity to learn more about the present and future of AI innovation, ethics, and current use cases. I was also able to meet and work with a lot of new people in the industry.
One of the most interesting and relevant sessions for me was the “Panel on Increasing Revenues and Efficiency (AI for Teams and Organizations)”. Some of the major takeaways for me were –
??Troy from ai.law - AI that litigates cases with you. mentioned their product has turned projects that were previously 18 hours into two minutes. Also, when it comes to utilizing AI in your business, it’s best to start with the problem. Figure out what activities you don’t enjoy or the ones that are excruciatingly time consuming, and try to streamline these with AI.
??Kristy from AlignAI expressed the importance of utilizing good data within AI. Bad data in AI results in bad data out. Without good data, there is no AI solution.
??Eric from Compoze Labs discussed the importance of experimentation with AI tools in your business. Leverage ChatGPT, Copilot, and other tools. We should get comfortable experimenting and prove there is value-add.
??Maddie from Scheduler AI recommends getting quantitative when it comes to marketing your product with potential customers. Come up with specific numbers about your AI/product and show value. A product may cost $1,000 per year but show how it potentially generate $50,000 in new business due to X,Y, and Z factors.
Overall, my biggest takeaway from the conference was to take small steps when it comes to utilizing AI within Build Accounting. There was a TON of information, available products, etc… to the point where it was a bit overwhelming. I think it would be best to start with 1-2 small improvements that AI can assist with to avoid information overload. And then overtime adopt a few more, and a few more, and so on.
It was an extremely valuable conference and would highly recommend to anyone in Columbus when they return in September 2025.
?? Also, I meant to take a selfie at the conference, but I kept forgetting, so I used ChatGPT to recreate one. I thought it was pretty accurate....
Don Johnson, D. M. A
Monica Turner
Carlos Martin
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