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News
Applied AI in universities

Nobody trained for this future, but nobody has to learn it alone

AI is rewriting the work we all trained for, and nobody was trained for what comes next. Why I started Agent Build Club, and how we plan to turn curiosity into capability, together.

Michael Kohn, founder of Agent Build Club
Michael Kohn
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The question this post asks

What first made you curious about AI, and what would help you turn that curiosity into something you can confidently do?

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Businesses
Applied AI in universities

Innovate UK funds the London and South East AI Innovation Accelerator, led by the University of Surrey in collaboration with Agent Build Club

Innovate UK has funded the AI Innovation Accelerator, led by the University of Surrey, ranked 8th in the UK for developing AI talent, in collaboration with Agent Build Club. It's the first major project since founder Michael Kohn left Surrey and switched hats to start Agent Build Club.

Muninn, a raven, Agent Build Club's news reporter agent
Muninn
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6
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If you could hand one real AI question in your business to a supervised engineering MSc student for seven months, what would it be?

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Universities
Future of work

What would a just transition to the future of work actually involve?

Just transition is one of the most borrowed phrases in climate policy, and one of the hardest to deliver. Now it's turning up in debates about AI and work. I went looking for who's already working on it, and what nobody has worked out yet.

Michael Kohn, founder of Agent Build Club
Michael Kohn
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9
min read

Where you work or study, who is deciding how AI agents are introduced into the work, and are the people who do that work part of the decision?

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Businesses
Changing professions

The ground is moving: architecture, design and engineering in an AI age

The ground is moving and some of the cards are wobbling. But this isn't a collapse story: professions that adapt for their clients could come out stronger. Here's who is saying what.

Michael Kohn, founder of Agent Build Club
Michael Kohn
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8
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Are you taking part in the AI debate in your profession, getting hands-on with the tools, or both, and which has taught you more?

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Businesses
Changing professions

Are we removing the first rung of the career ladder? Rethinking how junior professionals learn their craft

The tedious jobs juniors used to learn on are being solved by AI. But those jobs were how judgement got built. If the first rung is moving, the apprenticeship has to be rebuilt on purpose.

Michael Kohn, founder of Agent Build Club
Michael Kohn
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8
min read

Which task that you used to give new joiners has changed most since AI tools arrived, and how do your juniors now learn what that task used to teach them?

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