Alex Freberg

@Microsoft Copilot Cowork is rolling out to 100+ million people (if they pay 99$ per month per seat). It's basically Claude Cowork inside integrated inside the Microsoft Ecosystem to bring AI Agents to the everyday user. I see this going in a few ways: (10%) It goes incredibly well. Lots of people love it and use it all the time, there are no issues. 99$ feels cheap and there's mass adoption. (10%) Power users love it, but doesn't catch the average user. Still not many issues. (20%) Big launch and lots of people sign up, but causes big churn. Growth stalls and investment isn't returned. (25%) Some big mistakes happen and go viral "Copilot Cowork deleted my last 6 months of work" and causes lots of mistrust (35%) Most companies don't ever adopt due to privacy concerns, regulations, and cost

I'm going to call this right now. We are going to have a large population with absolutely no critical thinking skills if they blindly trust AI for everything. We have all already seen it. They don't validate outputs. They don't really understand anything. They just ask questions, it looks good, and they go with it. There are going to be huge issues in every company as this continues over the years. The amount of technical debt and knowledge gaps are going to be insane. So much opportunity if you actually know what you're doing.

Big things are happening…. Microsoft is pivoting big and putting Claude Cowork into their consumer apps - think email, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. Now you’ll be able to connect all your Microsoft productivity apps and just ask AI to do it for you… or will you? Let’s take a look! youtu.be/GqQakVQCnEo?si…

Golf with my dad today for a charity event. My goal is not to lose more than 9 balls! Don’t tell the wife.

There are so many things happening in AI that people won't even use in a year! But they're trying and they're learning. And they'll grow with the changes. I'm extremely bullish on the future of AI and I think more good will come with it than negative, but there is so much to keep up with - I myself feel behind at times and I'm using it almost every day and work with companies using it. You can't keep up with everything, but don't do nothing. Try things out and see how they work and how you can use them in your work. I'll have more videos on my YouTube channel on AI in the near future and I'll also be updating and making the AI for Data Professionals course on Analyst Builder more robust as well.

I'm working on my editing skills this year - I've kept it incredibly simple for 6 years, but I want to bring some new things to the channel. Nothing crazy! Still focused on bring you in-depth tutorials, but now with better visuals :D I've been using Adobe Rush, which is a super simple system, but I'm trying out DaVinci Resolve and it's really fun learning new things! It's exciting to add some new things to the channel and make it more visually appealing - something I've avoided for a long time, but people keep watching.

My son is home sick and asked me “Daddy, what do you do for work?” Instead of telling him, I showed him! I showed him some of my videos on YouTube, some of the work I’m doing with my consulting clients, and Analyst Builder. He wanted to solve a problem on Analyst Builder so I walked him through it and after about 5 minutes he solved his very first problem! He was smiling from ear to ear when he saw the confetti flying down. He loves computers and I have a feeling he has a solid career ahead of him!

Did you know you can get Claude in Excel? I didn't - but I just tried it to see if it was any good - and surprisingly I liked it more than Copilot in Excel... This is a first look and a first pass at this integration, but I'll be diving into it more and will see what it works great for and what it's not that good at. youtube.com/watch?v=uX9ByO…

@aisha_of_web3 Bit overhyped imo

Immediately I registered for my IRL data analysis classes, my instructor introduced me to Alex, and honestly that’s one of the most valuable things he has done for me since I started 🥹❤️ Anytime I get confused about something, I run straight to Alex’s YouTube channel and suddenly the fog clears. He explains things really well. Simple, practical, and easy to follow. If you want to start data analysis and you don’t have a tutor yet, go to YouTube and search @Alex_TheAnalyst. Start with Excel. You’re welcome 🤝

I'm not even willing to try Copilot at this point. I know it won't be as good as Claude or ChatGPT. They've disappointed me for the last time.

Today I threatened AI to force it to give me the answer… nothing! If I had done that to a human, I know for a fact they would give me the answer right away. AI won’t replace us.

@LuisGabrie89193 for sure - email support@analystbuilder.com and they'll help you out

@Alex_TheAnalyst hey Alex, I got lifetime access to Analyst builder a couple of years ago, but I don't remember my email I used to sign in, can you help me with this issue Thanks

Today is the final day to get the @Analyst_Builder + @MavenBI Lifetime Deal! This promotion will get you Lifetime access to both platforms - which includes all future courses! Check it out: mavenanalytics.io/promo/maven-pl…

Going live soon to talk about all things Analytics! Agentic AI, Job Market, Tools, and more! youtube.com/live/Lipla15qO…

I've never seen someone post 1 time on social media and it blew up and they got job offers and changed their lives forever. I've seen hundreds of people who have posted every week for years and then 1 of their posts blew up and it changed their life - or they slowly grew an audience over time and it changed their life. Stay consistent even when no one may be watching - one day many will!

Tomorrow is the big day! Be sure to join me to learn more about Agentic AI in Modern Data Workflows - you'll hear from experts at Databricks and Anthropic on all things Analytics and what things are changing. And you'll get to see me discuss things like Semantic Layers, Agentic AI, personal AI spaces, and more in Databricks! databricks.com/resources/webi…

IDP (Intelligent Document Processing) in @databricks is an incredibly useful tool to turn your Unstructured Documents into Structured data in a Database. For the past few weeks we’ve been digging into Ai_parse_document, Ai_extract, and Ai_classify and in this video we are putting it all into one easy to follow lesson! youtu.be/nizvj7xAwq8?si…

On Thursday at 9am EST I'll be hosting a Livestream to discuss all things Analytics! I'll be doing a monthly livestream going forward as my schedule starts to slow down a bit :D In this webinar we will talk about the Job Market, AI, Tools to focus on, and more. Come with questions as I'll be taking questions throughout the entire livestream. youtube.com/live/Lipla15qO…