Are you a FileMaker developer looking to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into your workflows? Productive Computing University‘s AI Essentials for FileMaker Developers course is designed to give you a solid foundation in applying artificial intelligence (AI) within your FileMaker solutions.

Why use AI?

AI is changing the way developers build solutions, automate processes, and improve workflows. As a FileMaker developer, understanding how to incorporate AI into your projects can enhance the functionality and intelligence of your applications. AI can automate routine tasks, analyze data more effectively, and even improve user interactions by predicting needs and providing intelligent responses.

Consumer AI vs Developer AI:

As you get started with AI, it’s important to distinguish between Consumer AI and Developer AI. Both have their uses, but the way they apply to your projects in FileMaker can be quite different.

• Consumer AI: These are AI tools designed for typical end-users or the general public, including Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant, ChatGPT, or even customer-facing chatbots. They provide intuitive and ready-to-use features that can help with tasks like managing appointments, conducting searches, or assisting with customer support.

• Developer AI: This is where FileMaker developers come in. Developer AI involves using APIs and frameworks to build smarter applications. As a FileMaker developer, you can integrate AI into your solutions to enhance your app’s capabilities with features like data analysis, text generation, and conversational interfaces.

Knowing the difference between these two types of AI will help you make informed decisions about how to apply them in your own FileMaker solutions, enabling you to better understand which tools will be the most effective for your specific needs.

How FileMaker developers benefit from AI

Incorporating AI into your FileMaker solutions can open up new possibilities to boost the user experience. From advanced search capabilities like semantic search to integrating AI-powered tools for data analysis, AI is a valuable resource for developers.

Techniques such as prompt engineering help refine AI responses for better accuracy and performance, while semantic search enables users to retrieve relevant information using natural language queries.

Additionally, AI-powered tools like Google Gemini allow for multi-modal analysis of text, images, and audio, expanding the scope of data interpretation and decision-making.

Beyond enhancing search capabilities and refining interactions, AI also empowers users with advanced data analysis and automation. AI-driven tools can remember previous conversations, enabling more context-aware responses for smarter decision-making.

Businesses and individuals can use AI to summarize large datasets, detect sentiment/tone in text, and even generate detailed inventories from images of shelf contents. Furthermore, AI facilitates real-time language translation by transcribing and converting speech into different languages, breaking communication barriers. With the ability to perform up-to-the-minute internet searches, AI ensures access to the latest information, making it an invaluable tool for staying informed and productive.

How our course helps

The AI Essentials course offers a wide range of benefits that enhance efficiency and innovation across various fields. 

It is designed to save you time and effort by showing you how to integrate AI with your FileMaker solutions, improve the functionality of your apps, and create more intelligent systems. With clear lessons and practical applications, you’ll gain skills that will directly benefit your workflow, your team, and your business.

You’ll explore how to incorporate advanced AI models like OpenAI’s GPT and Google Gemini into your FileMaker apps. You’ll learn how to use APIs to push and pull data, analyze text, and even create custom workflows based on AI-generated results. With over 5 hours of content and 40 lessons, you’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of AI integration in FileMaker and how to apply it to your day-to-day development tasks.

The course covers:

• Understanding the fundamentals of AI and its application in FileMaker.
• Using consumer AI services like ChatGPT and integrating them into your projects.
• Learning the basics of prompt engineering to improve AI accuracy.
• Leveraging semantic search for better data handling and more intuitive search results.
• Exploring multi-modal AI to work with text, images, and audio data.

By the end of this course, you’ll be equipped to build smarter FileMaker applications with AI, saving time, improving data handling, and enhancing user experience.

Enroll today and get started on making your FileMaker solutions smarter, faster, and more efficient with AI.

Other products and services Productive Computing, Inc. offers:

• What can PCI do for you? – Overview Video of Productive Computing Services
• Consulting and Development – services billed by the hour
• Maintenance and Support – services billed monthly
• Packaged Services – flat fee for Health Assessment, Server Installation, etc.
• Plug-ins – tools to integrate with QuickBooks, Outlook, Google, etc.
• Core CRM Pro – customizable and scalable CRM built on FileMaker
• Claris and FileMaker Licensing – discounts on new seats and renewals
• FileMaker and QuickBooks Hosting – options to host your files in the cloud
• Productive Computing University – free and paid online video training courses for beginner to advanced users and developers

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