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Getting Specific with AI via Categories: Chat, Headless, and Embedded
Everyone’s talking about AI. Almost no one’s getting specific.And that’s the problem. Rob and Justin break down the three AI categories that matter: chat agents you talk to, embedded assistants […]
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AI Agents for the Manufacturing Industry, w/ Interpak CFO Bill Krolicki
AI without the committee: Most manufacturers are still holding meetings about AI. Bill Krolicki just built it. As CFO of Interpak, he didn’t wait for a strategy deck or a […]
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AI is “Just” a New Faucet, plus the Value of Getting Specific
Last week we got a facelift—new name, new look, same deep data dives. This week? We prove the rebrand wasn’t just cosmetic. Rob kicks things off with a time machine […]
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YOU are the AI Cavalry
Everyone’s talking like AI is coming for your job. Rob’s here to tell you it’s coming for your skill set. If you already think in tables, models, and relationships, congratulations—you’re […]
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Can AI Go Straight from Requirements to Power BI Models?
Nobody loves requirements docs. They’re the corporate equivalent of writing a novel just so someone can skim the back cover. The real question is whether you can ditch all that […]
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AI Isn’t Magic – It’s Middleware (And That’s Good News)
Large language models aren’t magic. They’re pivot tables for words. That’s the real breakthrough — not a crystal ball, not a robot overlord, but a new way to roll up […]
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What Exactly IS an AI Agent? We Propose a Friendly, Non-Gatekeeping Definition
This isn’t another AI think-piece, it’s a full-on data brawl. Copilot is out here plagiarizing Rob’s pivot table crusade while the self-appointed nerd police try to lock down the definition […]
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Is CoPilot the End of Filters? (Plus a Cautionary Tale)
Pivot tables finally auto-refresh. Humanity wins, but our host Rob Collie is still annoyed. Why? Because he asked for it back in 2007 and got shot down. That little gripe […]
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The “Steal My Money” Lever: A Timely Tale of Data Saving the Day
Every campaign has it: that shiny “more reach, lower cost” lever that looks like marketing gold but really just siphons your budget into digital quicksand. We pulled it. The metrics […]
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Even in the AI Era, Communication is the Central Theme
AI is rewriting the rules of analytics. Copilot can pull answers straight from your semantic model and bypass the dashboard entirely. But for all the tech fireworks, the same old […]
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Episode 200: The Road Ahead for Data and AI
Two hundred episodes in, and we’re done with the warm-up! Episode 200 finds Rob flying solo and pulling zero punches on the question everyone’s quietly asking: what’s the future of […]
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The “Dobie Moment” (The Awesome Power of AI/CoPilot Frontends – AND a Cautionary Tale)
Most of us have been in the trenches long enough to know when something’s about to flip the script. And brother, we’re standing at the edge of a cliff most […]
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