Proof of Concepts (Poc)

POCs can be used for a variety of use cases and purposes, including:

1. Feasibility study: Proof literally something is possible.
2. Learning: Learn how an API, library, framework, or technology works.
3. Reinforcement: Repeat an algo 10x so it sticks in your brain.
4. Experimentation: Try out new ideas or approaches without the pressure of a full project.
5. Demonstration: Showcasing a concept or idea to stakeholders or team members.
6. Validation: Validate assumptions or hypotheses before investing significant resources.
7. Risk Reduction: Identify potential challenges or issues early in the development process.
8. Innovation: Explore new technologies or methodologies to foster innovation within a team or organization.
9. Communication: Facilitate communication and collaboration among team members by providing a tangible example.

Some of these use cases, AI cannot help you, such as:

• Reinforcement: AI cannot help you to repeat something 10x so it sticks in your brain.
• Learning: AI can help you to learn faster, but the actual learning process requires your active engagement and practice. Meaning you need to have output; you can't just "copy" the result from AI, you need to understand it and apply it yourself.
• Innovation: All people have the same AI, same APIs; this is not how you will innovate.

The other use cases, AI can help you to some extent, such as:

• Feasibility Study: AI can help you quickly prototype and test ideas to determine their feasibility
• Experimentation: AI can assist in generating ideas and approaches for experimentation.
• Demonstration: AI can help create demos to showcase concepts or ideas.
• Validation: AI can help you design tests and experiments to validate assumptions or hypotheses.
• Risk Reduction: AI can help identify potential challenges or issues by analyzing data and providing insights.
• Communication: Facilitate communication and collaboration among team members by providing a tangible example.

Another usage of AI can be that you can use AI just to get something working quickly. I remember in my life how many times it took me days or weeks trying to figure out something on the internet; now you can ask AI to do a POC in seconds. You still need to do a second or third POC; I like doing 10x, but the zero-to-demo time now is zero.