Keynote Summary: The Power of AI
Speaker: Inbal Rodnay
Overview
This keynote was designed to equip attendees with practical knowledge on enhancing productivity through AI tools, with a primary focus on ChatGPT. From exploring document creation to AI-driven tech support, participants were introduced to various ways AI can streamline daily tasks in optometry and beyond.
Key Takeaways for Members
1. Session Focus
Inbal Rodnay introduced the session's main focus: using AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Microsoft Copilot for increased productivity.
Objective: Explore how AI tools can assist in research, summarization, and document creation.
Why This Matters:
This introduction set the foundation for attendees to engage with the tools and understand the direct application of AI in their practices.
2. AI Tools Overview
Participants were introduced to a range of AI applications, including ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Microsoft Copilot, with an emphasis on their capabilities in research, summarisation, and document creation.
Research and Summarisation: Demonstrations included uploading documents into ChatGPT and generating patient letters using AI.
Key Tip: Always review AI-generated content to ensure accuracy.
Why This Matters:
These tools provide practical ways to reduce time spent on research and paperwork, allowing optometrists to focus on patient care.
3. Custom GPTs and Projects
The session covered the creation of custom GPTs for specific tasks, such as generating patient letters or automating repetitive tasks. These custom tools can be shared within practices to streamline operations.
Custom GPTs: Attendees were shown how to create their own GPTs tailored to their needs.
Sharing Within Practices: The potential for sharing these custom tools across teams was discussed.
Why This Matters:
Custom GPTs enable practices to standardise and optimise recurring tasks, improving efficiency and reducing administrative burden.
4. Data Organisation
Participants learned how to use ChatGPT to organise unstructured data, such as invoices, and automate data processing tasks, simplifying backend operations.
Invoice Processing: ChatGPT can be used to create tables and organise data from invoices.
Automation
Potential: The session demonstrated how AI could take over routine data management.
Why This Matters:
Automating data organisation saves time and minimises errors in financial management, helping practices run more smoothly.
5. AI for Tech Support and Excel
The session also covered how ChatGPT can assist with tech support queries and Excel tips, showing how users can describe problems to AI to find quick solutions.
Tech Support: ChatGPT can guide users through technical issues.
Excel Features: Demonstrated the use of ChatGPT for advanced Excel tasks, such as sparklines.
Why This Matters:
Utilising AI for tech support enhances troubleshooting and allows staff to resolve technical issues without external assistance.
6. Voice Interaction with AI
The session introduced voice-to-text and text-to-voice features in the ChatGPT mobile app, highlighting the potential for hands-free interaction, especially while multitasking.
Voice Mode: Demonstrations showed how to interact with AI using voice commands, especially useful when driving or walking.
Future Developments: Attendees were informed about upcoming advanced voice modes from OpenAI.
Why This Matters:
Voice interaction with AI makes accessing information and performing tasks more convenient, allowing optometrists to stay productive while on the go.
Action Items for Members:
Try ChatGPT for Research: Experiment with using ChatGPT for summarising articles relevant to your field.
Upload Documents: Explore uploading patient-related documents to ChatGPT for quicker processing and letter creation.
Create Custom GPTs: Consider developing custom GPTs for routine tasks like patient communication.
Automate Data Organisation: Use ChatGPT to streamline invoice processing and other data-related tasks.
Voice Interaction: Experiment with the voice interaction feature in the ChatGPT mobile app to enhance productivity during multitasking.
Access Workshop Materials: Scan the QR code provided to access the slides and presentation materials.
The session concluded with an invitation for attendees to provide feedback and explore further developments in AI technology, keeping the momentum going for incorporating AI into daily practice operations.