Author(s): R. Thompson (PhD) Originally published on Towards AI. The messy truth behind ManusAI’s credit-based automation model You juggle Slack pings, email threads, half-finished spreadsheets, and the nagging feeling you’re doing five jobs at once. There’s a pair of new tools promising …

Author(s): R. Thompson (PhD) Originally published on Towards AI. When a machine remembers everything, the real question is: what do we allow it to forget? Imagine working with a colleague who never loses their notes, who remembers every meeting in perfect detail, …

Author(s): R. Thompson (PhD) Originally published on Towards AI. An AI/ML philosopher’s guide to developer-first infrastructure and the small, decisive moves that let creators win. There is a peculiar logic to modern software: the fewer hours you spend wrestling with servers, the …

Author(s): R. Thompson (PhD) Originally published on Towards AI. Bottlenecks we didn’t expect, the optimizations that mattered, and what teams should measure first. TL;DR Credit : AI Generated ImageTogether’s Instant GPU Clusters create a streamlined self-service workflow for provisioning GPU clusters needed …

Author(s): R. Thompson (PhD) Originally published on Towards AI. The trade-off every professional needs to weigh before trying it You’re juggling spreadsheets, PowerPoints, and a PDF that won’t copy over right. You want results fast, not to wrestle with formats at 2 …

Author(s): R. Thompson (PhD) Originally published on Towards AI. Automate candidate packets, interview briefs, and onboarding checks so hiring scales cleanly How Notion 3.0’s agentic AI turns scattered work into continuous, goal-driven workflows that actually finish the job for you, freeing up …

Author(s): R. Thompson (PhD) Originally published on Towards AI. …The surprising truth about cloud-powered AI that feels local Picture a young developer, Maya, sitting in a cramped apartment with a modest laptop. She dreams of testing DeepSeek-V3.1, a model so vast it …

Author(s): R. Thompson (PhD) Originally published on Towards AI. ….The future of workplace automation sneaks in quietly You know that moment when you switch tabs for the fifth time, copy a bug report into Jira, paste a customer note into CRM, then …

Author(s): R. Thompson (PhD) Originally published on Towards AI. Real workflows, guardrails, and the surprising errors you should plan for — a practical operating guide. You have a tiny team (maybe one person). The calendar is full. The to‑do list keeps spawning …

Author(s): R. Thompson (PhD) Originally published on Towards AI. How an AI‑aware tool is shrinking the gap between a 200‑page PDF and a blinking LED A familiar midnight scene: you’re staring at a register map that runs for 14 pages, trying to …

Author(s): R. Thompson (PhD) Originally published on Towards AI. …Why infra finally feels boring (in the best possible way) If you showed me RunPod two years ago and then again today, I’d assume it was a different company. The surface looks cleaner, …

Author(s): R. Thompson (PhD) Originally published on Towards AI. You don’t beat a nail gun by swinging a hammer harder. You win by becoming the craftsperson who decides where every nail goes. Most posts about AI coding tools argue about speed. Who …

Author(s): R. Thompson (PhD) Originally published on Towards AI. 🎙️ How One Line of Text — and the Right Stack — Is Helping Underdogs Challenge AI Giants Let’s be real: AI isn’t cheap. Welcome to the world of the $0.0001 Prompt. It’s …

Author(s): R. Thompson (PhD) Originally published on Towards AI. A hands-on guide to the new “agentic” web, what to keep, what to switch, and how to protect yourself while getting real work done 🔎 Credit : AI Generated Image I didn’t notice …

Author(s): R. Thompson (PhD) Originally published on Towards AI. The Data-Powered Agent Revolution: How MindsDB Is Democratizing AI Picture a world in which constructing sophisticated AI agents requires nothing more than a well-crafted SQL query. Data scientists and developers are freed from …