The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Automated Systems #2

Your Weekly Guide Through the Automation Galaxy

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Automated Systems

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This Week's Galaxy Map: TL;DR

  • AI News: AMD challenges NVIDIA with a new chip, Uber's GPT-4o powered EV assistant.

  • Notion Hacks: Quick shortcuts for global search (⌘/ctrl + shift + K) and AI chat (⌘/ctrl + shift + J)

  • Microsoft's AI healthcare tools promise faster diagnoses but raise privacy concerns.

  • Productivity Boost: 5 AI-powered tools to streamline your workflow.

  • Email Hack: Stop reading every email - automate, categorize, and ruthlessly prioritize.

  • Freebie Alert: Google's offering 6 AI courses at zero cost. Time to level up!

News

Tips

Notion Global Search Shortcut

It searches across all your pages in Notion.

Just press:

  • on Mac: ⌘ + shift + K

  • on Windows: ctrl + shift + K

Notion AI Global Shortcut

It opens an AI chat window, where Notion AI can extract knowledge from your notes.

Press:

  • on Mac: ⌘ + shift + J

  • on Windows: ctrl + shift + J

Automation Spotlight

  • Deep dive into a specific automation technique or tool

    • Step-by-step guide

    • Real-world application

    • Pros and cons

AI Insights: Microsoft's Healthcare Data Analysis Revolution

Microsoft has revealed a suite of AI tools to transform healthcare data analysis. This includes multimodal medical imaging, data management solutions, and AI-driven workflows. The tech giant partners with leading healthcare organisations to introduce these tools into real-world scenarios.

Practical Implications:

  • Faster and More Accurate Diagnoses: AI-powered analysis of medical images could help with quicker and more precise disease detection.

  • Streamlined Workflows: automation and assistants for documentation and patient scheduling could free healthcare professionals to focus more on patient care.

  • Better Data Integration: the data management tool will allow for more comprehensive patient profiles, ideally leading to more personalised treatment plans.

  • Improved Research Capabilities: the ability to analyse vast amounts of diverse medical data could accelerate medical research and drug recovery.

Potential Downsides:

  • Data Privacy Concerns: integrating a large amount of sensitive medical data raises significant privacy issues. Despite security measures, there’s always a risk of breaches or harmful use of personal health information.

  • Over-reliance on AI: There’s a danger that healthcare professionals might become too dependent (and lazy) on AI tools, potentially dulling their diagnostic skills or critical thinking. If the AI makes a mistake or encounters an unusual case for which it was trained, this could lead to errors.

AI-Powered Productivity Tools

  • Notion - a versatile online workspace that integrates project management, note-taking, and database functionalities, allowing users to collaborate and organize tasks seamlessly.

  • Motion - an AI-powered personal assistant that automatically organizes tasks and schedules, prioritizing work to enhance productivity and streamline workflows while minimizing stress.

  • Otter.ai - is an advanced transcription tool that converts spoken language into written text in real-time, enhancing communication and collaboration during meetings and lectures.

  • Taskade - a collaborative productivity platform that combines task management, project organization, and real-time communication features to streamline team workflows.

  • Monday.com - a visual project management tool that simplifies team collaboration by allowing users to track projects, manage workloads, and communicate effectively within a single platform.

Productivity Corner

Don’t read Your emails

You don’t need to.

Your time is precious. Choose carefully how to use it.

Decide what:

  • read

  • save for later

  • ignore

  • delete

  • unsubscribe

Add automatic rules.

Add automation to summarise and categorise.

Keep it easy and clean.

Meme of the Week

A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it.

It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about.

Douglas Adam