Derek Crager is an engineer, former Program Manager at Amazon, a visionary AI Solutions Architect, and the founder of Practical AI, a service that helps businesses embrace simple, ethical, and profitable uses of artificial intelligence. Most recently, Derek has created Pocket Mentor & Pocket SME, the world's first voice-accessible AI customer support system.
Along the way we discuss—Amazon Employee Training (2:15), 70/20/10 Learning Model (7:30), The Forgetting Curve (11:00), Downtime as a Knowledge Gap (14:00), Pocket Mentor (18:30), AI Amplification (25:14), Neurodivergence (26:45), and Derek's Memo (36:30).
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Music intro and outro from the creative brilliance of Kenny Kilgore. Lowriders and Beautiful Rainy Day.
