At DevLearn, conversations about AI were everywhere. In this DevLearn Unwrapped edition of Being Intrepid, Sam Herring talks with Josh Cavalier, Founder and CEO of JoshCavalier.ai and author of Applying AI in Learning and Development: From Platforms to Performance.
Josh shares his path from medical illustrator and education technologist to vanguard in genAI upskilling for L&D professionals. He explains how he started tinkering with ChatGPT to see how it could automate various learning workflows, shared advice to learning professionals for getting started with genAI, and his vision for a new role for learning professionals as Human Machine Performance Analysts.
What you’ll learn:
- How to get started with genAI as a learning professional
- What the role of “Human Machine Performance Analyst” is and why it matters
- What might be the most over-rated and under-rated genAI capabilities heading into 2026
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