About Presentations

Last month, I prepared two presentations for public talks. And I also regularly prepare presentations internally at work.

And here's what I've noticed:
🔸 You can recognize a Claude-generated presentation from a mile away. All those rectangles with tiny text inside. Once you notice it, you can't unsee it.
🔸 AI presentations are too literal. They explain everything and leave no intrigue for the audience. It's more of a document than a real presentation.
🔸 AI presentations are incredibly boring. Seriously.

If you weren't good at making presentations before, AI can give you a great boost. But if you were good at it, AI still can't produce a comparable result.

A presentation isn't just about data. It's storytelling, intrigue, and drama. A presentation should help capture and keep the audience's attention. And that requires developing communication and presentation skills. I mean, human skills :)

Of course, I use AI to prepare presentations. But for important talks, I mostly use the result as a draft and a quick start. And I still spend quite a lot of time making it actually interesting and worth watching.

To sum up, my rule is pretty simple:
If you need a presentation just to tick a box or for reporting purposes, you can safely leave the whole thing to AI.
But if you want people to remember your talk, get interested, and actually pay attention, you'll still have to put some effort into it.

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