Artificial Intelligence:  Cutting through the Hype - where it is, Where It's Going, and How to Use It Before It Disrupts You

AI has moved beyond novelty, but many people are still trying to determine what is real, useful, and worth their time. This workshop will provide a practical overview of where AI is now, where it is going, how it could disrupt legacy businesses, and how you can use it today to save time, reduce costs, and create new revenue opportunities.

Drawing from my own experience using AI to reshape my professional and personal life, I will give participants a clear starting point and practical tools they can take back to work.

The learning will continue through weekly virtual build sessions where members can bring real business challenges and develop useful AI workflows and automations. We will anonymize and publish reusable versions on PaddleNET.earth, helping the PTC become an active test bed where members learn, build, share, and deploy emerging technologies together.