Beyond a Smart Google: Learning to be an AI Director

Almost everyone is underusing AI by an order of magnitude. Not because they're not smart enough, but because nobody taught them how to think about it. Most people use AI like a fancy search engine. Ask it a question, get a paragraph back, maybe copy-paste it somewhere.

That's not even close to what's possible. This workshop is about making the leap from user to director: someone who sees the whole picture, defines the outcome, and orchestrates AI to build it.

We'll start with the philosophy. What does it actually mean to direct AI instead of just prompting it? Why does the "smart Google" approach leave 95% of the value on the table? Once that clicks, we go hands-on. We'll be working with Claude as our AI platform, wired into real tools: databases, messaging systems, automation infrastructure. Together we'll build agentic workflows.

These are systems that don't just answer when you ask. They run on their own, check in with you, make decisions, and take action. Think of it as building a digital team member that actually shows up every morning.
The stack we'll use (Claude, Supabase, Vercel, Twilio) is the current best-in-class for this kind of work, but it's the framework for thinking that matters most.

Tools change every six days, it seems. The ability to think like a director, to see systems instead of tasks, to define what "done" looks like and let AI figure out how to get there: that's the skill that compounds no matter what platform you're on next year.

You don't need a tech background. You need curiosity and a willingness to see your work differently. You'll leave with a working AI system, a 30-day roadmap, and the feeling that you just found a door everyone else is walking past.

This event is cross-posted and is nearing capacity for in-person. This is a paid class at $99 for online and $149 for in-person. Details and registration at Syntac.org/training