Most AI tools wait for you to ask a question. Hermes Agent doesn't wait, it plans and works through multi-step tasks on its own while you're doing something else, even asleep. I put together a walkthrough of what it actually does, how it plans and executes tasks without you prompting each step, and why RTOs and busy professionals are using it to claw back hours every week. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/3hKjO-5RJ90 If you've tried an AI agent tool already, what's the one task you'd hand off first?

Quick one on something that trips a lot of people up: the quality of what you get out of an AI tool comes straight from the quality of what you put in. Vague question in, vague answer out. This matters more in RTO and training work than most people realise. If you ask an AI tool to "write a session plan" you'll get something generic. If you give it the unit code, the cohort, the delivery mode and the length of the session, you'll get something you can actually use. Watch it here: https://youtube.com/shorts/xTs_OyhH9Fo What's one thing you've learned about getting better output from AI tools?

Two things just went live. There's a new Start Here course in the Classroom tab. Four short lessons: how this community works, a two minute AI habit worth stealing, a copy-paste prompt for turning a unit into a session plan, and what I can personally help with beyond AI (I'm also a qualified trainer and assessor, and a qualified career counsellor). I'm also setting up our first Monthly Masterclass: Apply Prompt Engineering for Generative AI. Mid-September, exact date to follow once the community's grown a bit more. I'll walk through a simple, practical prompt formula and give you a handout to take away. Check out the Start Here course if you haven't already, and keep an eye out for the Masterclass date. What's the one AI question you'd most want covered? Drop it below and I'll build it into the session.

A few members have asked if any of this is written down somewhere they can work through properly, so here are the books. The AI-Ready Educator: a practical system for assessment, lesson planning, feedback and responsible AI policy. This is the closest thing to a full walkthrough of everything we talk about in this community. https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0HBQ68Q2V 100 Practical AI Prompts for Education, Training and VET Practice: copy-ready prompts with human-review safeguards built in, so you're not starting from a blank page. https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0HBM8QT9W 100 Best AI Prompts for Everyday Life, Work and Business: less education-specific, more general prompts for admin, communication and getting things done. https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0HBMHNMVH If you're studying or delivering the VET AI units, these two are written for exactly that: Use Artificial Intelligence Technologies to Enhance Business Operations (NAT11287005): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GZC5CW53 TAEDES511 Design and develop strategies for training and assessment: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DTT8RTF4 Happy to answer questions on any of them. If you've already read one, let us know what you thought. Prefer to buy direct or grab the bundle. All four are also on Gumroad, and the three education titles come as a bundle at a better price than buying separately: RTO AI Academy Three-Book AI Collection (bundle): https://berrysalemdigital.gumroad.com/l/rto-ai-academy-three-book-collection The AI-Ready Educator: https://berrysalemdigital.gumroad.com/l/the-ai-ready-educator 100 Practical AI Prompts for Education, Training and VET Practice: https://berrysalemdigital.gumroad.com/l/100-practical-ai-prompts-education-vet