AI for Automation and Efficiency

Luis Cestou

Sr. Digital Solutions Strategist

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"Garbage In, Garbage Out"

Good Input = Powerful Output

The difference is YOU

Context is Everything

AI = New team member

More context = Better results

Guide it like you'd onboard someone

The Rule of 3

If you do it 3+ times → Automate it

Repetitive tasks = AI's sweet spot

Free yourself for real work

Code is Cheap Now

• Code used to be expensive → Now AI helps
• Build personal tools for YOUR problems
• ⚠️ Iteration is normal - not one-and-done
• Experience = You can guide AI better

"Vibe Coding"

Andrej Karpathy - OpenAI co-founder, former Tesla AI lead

"Forget the code even exists"

Collins Dictionary Word of the Year 2025

Best for: Prototypes & quick tools

Vibe Coding → Vibe Engineering

Simon Willison - Co-creator of Django

Pros don't vibe, they CONTROL

"Like quitting carpentry because of the table saw"

The craft still matters

Even the Legends Use It

Linus Torvalds

Created: Linux AND Git

Uses vibe coding for personal projects

"AI is just another tool"

The Productivity Paradox

MIT Study: Devs THOUGHT 20% faster

Actually 19% SLOWER

Extra time = reviewing & fixing AI code

BUT: 85% of devs use AI tools regularly

9/10 save 1+ hour/week

1/5 save 8+ hours/week (full workday!)

The Future: Agentic AI

AI that ACTS, not just chats

By end of 2026: ~40% of apps will have AI agents

Nearly 9/10 companies already using AI

From assistant → coworker

AI That Controls the Computer

Claude Cowork - Uses your desktop like you do

Claude Code - Command line AI for developers

Not chatbots → Agents that execute

Describe outcome → AI figures out the steps

🔥 Live Demo

Watch AI organize a messy desktop

30 seconds. Not 30 minutes.

What I've Built

• Built tools for real problems
• Example: Team password vault
• Solved bottleneck: No more contacting each other for OTPs
• Adding email verification (extra security layer)

Don't wait for perfect tool → Build what you need

Takeaways

• ✓ Context is everything - guide AI like a new team member
• ✓ Rule of 3 - do it 3x? Automate it
• ✓ Code is cheap - build your own tools
• ✓ The future is AI that ACTS, not just talks

Questions?