Yesterday, I attended an Augmented AI course offered by Daniel Miessler (https://danielmiessler.com/). For those unfamiliar with him, Daniel is a distinguished figure in information security, known for his work, books like ‘The Real Internet of Things’, and his ‘Unsupervised Learning’ podcast and newsletter. I learned about this course through his Discord group.

The Course

Running his own business, Daniel extensively reads, writes, and engages on social media. Recognizing ChatGPT’s potential early on, he incorporated it into his workflow, developing several AI tools to enhance productivity. In the class, he generously shared these tools and their applications.

The three-hour session included:

• An overview of AI’s role in our lives and work, highlighted by a compelling demo.
• An exploration of various AI tools Daniel created to streamline his tasks.
• Insight into the computing infrastructure behind these tools.

One standout demonstration involved ‘essay’, a tool that transforms basic text ideas into well-crafted articles. By simply entering “p|essay" in the terminal, where ‘p’ retrieves clipboard content, the tool generates a complete article. Another tool, ‘thread’, allows easy sharing of content on Twitter as a thread, using the command:

p|essay|thread

Daniel’s toolkit also includes utilities for extracting insights, analyzing academic papers, evaluating content quality and originality, and summarizing security incident reports, and dozens more. These tools, accessible via Linux terminal, are supported by a client-web service-OpenAI architecture. The server handles prompt generation and OpenAI interactions, while client-side scripts manage input and output.

My Impression

Daniel exemplified the practical use of AI in enhancing productivity. The infrastructure seems manageable for any developer with hands-on experience. Inspired, I’m considering adopting or creating similar tools to streamline my blogging process, potentially making them accessible to non-developers.

Other

An additional highlight was the interaction with over 200 like-minded attendees, leading to insightful discussions and idea exchanges in the meeting chat. By just reading the chat history, I learned a lot.