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Orchestration and Commandin the Age of AI
Working with the Tool That Talks
AI can now research, write, analyse, create and work through connected tools. But who establishes the purpose, judges the results and remains responsible? Orchestration and Command in the Age of AI examines how people can work with AI, tools and other resources while retaining human judgement and command.
About the bookAbout the book
More than better prompts
This book takes a wider view than learning how to write better prompts or operate the latest AI tools. It is about working out what you want to achieve, deciding what AI should and should not do, and bringing together the people, information, tools and other resources needed to get there.
Orchestration
Bringing together AI, people, information, tools and other resources, and directing them towards a purpose. Orchestration is the coordinating work that turns capable technology into useful outcomes.
Command
Retaining judgement, setting boundaries, evaluating what comes back, keeping oversight, and holding responsibility. Command is what stops delegation to AI becoming abdication.
The book begins with the individual AI user and extends all the way to managers and leaders responsible for AI capability across a company. It considers how AI-assisted work should be allocated, evaluated and verified, when human judgement matters, and how increasingly capable AI can be used without surrendering meaningful command.
Subjects considered
The programme
- Purpose, context and prompting
- Exploration and task execution
- Choosing what AI should and should not do
- AI agents, delegation and permissions
- Evaluation, verification and human oversight
- Learning, judgement and capability development
- Management, strategy, orchestration and command
Who the book is for
Readers with responsibility for AI-assisted work
Individual AI users who want to work more intelligently
Managers and leaders introducing AI into organisations
Educators considering learning, assessment and assisted performance
Professionals who must evaluate or remain responsible for AI-assisted work
The back cover
AI is becoming easier to use.
Using it intelligently is another matter.
Orchestration and Command in the Age of AI takes a wider view than learning how to write better prompts or operate the latest AI tools. It is about working out what you want to achieve, deciding what AI should and should not do, and bringing together the people, information, tools and other resources needed to get there.
The book begins with the individual AI user and extends all the way to managers and leaders responsible for AI capability across a company. It considers how AI-assisted work should be allocated, evaluated and verified, when human judgement matters and how increasingly capable AI can be used without surrendering meaningful command.
This is not primarily a book about mastering AI as a tool. It is about learning to command the capabilities and resources AI makes available.
Publication information
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