Four Roanoke graduates came back to teach the College’s new Work AI Lab, and the first issue of Maroons for Life asks what they know that the rest of us don’t. Zack Tembi ‘06 runs his company on a team of AI agents and explains what a “ghost task” is. Justin Worrilow ‘01 helps the federal government adopt AI at Microsoft and has one rule for everyone in the room: start with AI, end with I. Then Nate Stewart ‘03 and Logan Hammerschmitt take it back to campus and make the case that a liberal arts education is exactly what the AI era rewards.
1:26 Welcome to Maroons for Life: what the show is and how it works
2:58 In Motion: Zack Tembi ‘06, founder of Single Fin, on running a company with 15 AI agents
4:00 What’s a ghost task? The repetitive work AI should take off your plate
6:28 Why most companies are stuck in experimentation mode
10:08 Zack’s advice for any organization starting this quarter: build an idea factory
13:55 In Motion, part two: Justin Worrilow ‘01 on leading 250 people at Microsoft helping the federal government adopt AI
16:42 Who’s in the Work AI Lab cohort, and why you don’t need to be a technologist
17:53 Psychological safety, risk, and bringing the skeptics in
18:54 Start with AI, end with I
22:50 Insider: Nate Stewart ‘03 and Logan Hammerschmitt on why liberal arts skills just became hard skills
26:24 Knowing when not to use AI
28:37 Alumni coming out of the woodwork, and an open invitation back to campus
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