Prompt, pray, deploy: Adventures in accidental AI engineering - (Episode 163)

Prompt, pray, deploy: Adventures in accidental AI engineering - (Episode 163)

From That IT show by thatitshow

March 12, 2026 · 30 min · Season 3 · Episode 10

About this episode

The episode explores unusual AI use cases tested by the hosts, revealing surprising results and insights.

AI has officially escaped the lab—and now it’s everywhere. But instead of repeating the usual stories about chatbots and image generators, we decided to run our own experiments. What happens when you throw AI at real problems, weird ideas, or everyday tasks nobody thought about automating before? In this episode, we walk through a collection of unusual, sometimes surprising, and occasionally slightly ridiculous AI use cases we recently tested ourselves. Some worked brilliantly. Some worked… strangely. And a few made us question whether we should really be giving these tools so much power. From productivity hacks to unexpected creative tricks, this episode is basically our AI playground report: what we tried, what broke, what impressed us, and what might actually become useful sooner than anyone expects. Buckle up—this one gets interesting.

Topics covered

  • AI engineering
  • experiments
  • automation
  • productivity hacks
  • creative use cases

Keywords

  • AI
  • experiments
  • automation
  • productivity
  • creative tricks
  • use cases

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Organizations: AI

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