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Learn Directly from Authors on LearningFrontier.ai

Fred Brouillet, founder of LearningFrontier.ai, explains how the platform works and how it helps users. Fred describes the current version of Learning Frontier.ai as an AI tool that allows users to interact with AI clones or avatars of famous authors in the Lean space. Users can also access avatars of great thinkers from the past, including Freud, Nietzsche etc. The platform aims to transform static knowledge from books into dynamic, interactive experiences, enhancing coaching and implementation. Fred highlights the scalability advantage of AI avatars over real-life experts, enabling simultaneous interaction with multiple users. The tool enhances changes the coaching space by providing readers access to experts that is cost-effective and immediate.

Screenshot LearningFrontier.ai Library

Build your own book library on LearningFrontier.ai

A LearningFrontier.ai Demonstration

Fred shares his screen to demonstrate the LearningFrontier.ai platform. The platform features a library where users can buy and read books, similar to Apple Books or Kindle. Users can chat with their books, similar to using ChatGPT, but with LearningFrontier.ai, users can access private knowledge and receive citations for answers, whereas ChatGPT only has access to public knowledge. Fred demonstrates chatting with his own book, Frontier Lean, and explains how the platform provides detailed citations and passages. Currently, there are 100 new and classic authors connected to the platform.

Screenshot LearningFrontier.ai Avatar

Fred introduces the AI avatar feature, where users can interact with an AI version of the author.

Introducing the LearningFrontier.ai Avatar

The AI avatar, created from a picture or video recording, can guide users through the implementation of the book's concepts. Fred explains that the AI avatar can ask questions to understand the user's context, similar to a consultant. The AI avatar can also provide ground knowledge beyond the book's content, making it a versatile coaching tool. Fred demonstrates how the avatar works when asked questions and explains how it can deliver information via text or voice, or video call depending on the user's requirements. He explains how easy it is to add questions to a previous query and how LearningFrontier.ai stores information to access and re-engage with a previous discussion.

Screenshot LearningFrontier Chat

Chat with your books and understand better their concepts

Dynamic Coaching with LearningFrontier.ai

Fred demonstrates the coaching mode, where the AI avatar asks clarifying questions to understand the user's problem. The platform includes specific modes for problem-solving, such as the Toyota Kata approach. Users can build a value stream map in real-time during the coaching session, enhancing the learning experience. Fred explains how the platform updates the value stream map as the conversation progresses, providing a dynamic learning tool.

Avatar Chat

Speak with an AI Avatar Digital Twin of the author

Agentic Functions

Learning Frontier.AI comes with a number of Agentic functionalities to build VSM, A3 and Toyota Kata style coaching, etc...

How Authors List Books on LearningFrontier.ai

When asked about the process for authors to list their books on the platform, Fred explains that authors can reach out to him directly on LinkedIn or through the Learning Frontier.ai website. The platform offers a monthly subscription of £20, providing access to close to 100 books, including classic authors and new authors. Users can purchase individual books for a one-time cost, which grants lifetime access to the book and its associated AI avatar.

Timestamps:

02:56: Demonstration of Learning Frontier.ai Platform

05:29: Interaction with AI Avatars

12:28: Coaching and Problem-Solving Modes

16:55: Subscription and Book Purchase Details

Links:

Website: https://learningfrontier.ai/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederic-brouillet-consulting/

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