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00:00 – 03:40 | Opening and Introduction • Ty warms up the crowd and introduces his background in stormwater and digital strategy.

05:21 – 07:49 | Gauging AI Use in the Room • Ty surveys the audience’s experience with AI. • Introduces the session goal: show tactical uses of AI, especially ChatGPT.

07:49 – 10:15 | Why Prompts Matter • The better the input, the better the output. • Uses stormwater inspection report examples to illustrate prompting quality. Quote: "The quality of the answers you get from AI depends on the quality of the questions you ask. It's not the AI, it's you." – Ty Garmon

10:15 – 12:40 | Real-World Applications in Stormwater • Use AI to: Write reports; Summarize PDFs; Simplify language for stakeholders; Create outreach content; Clarify technical information Quote: "What if you could say, ‘Hey, could you summarize this and explain it back to me as a five-year-old?’" – Ty Garmon

12:40 – 14:38 | The New Capabilities of AI Tools • ChatGPT now remembers conversations, acts like a second brain. • Shares how shared accounts can confuse context.

14:38 – 17:50 | Prompting Principles • Add detail • Give it a role and audience • Define the output format • Ask for clarifying questions • Iterate through conversation Quote: "Tell it who it is. You're a stormwater expert, you're speaking to engineers." – Ty Garmon

17:50 – 21:35 | Fine-Tuning the AI’s Voice • Use personality types to guide tone. • Recommends 16personalities.com and using your own personality in prompts.

22:33 – 29:19 | Live Q&A and Data Privacy • Audience questions around SWPPP support, privacy, and ethical use. • Ty explains OpenAI’s privacy policy, toggling web access, and content citation tools. Quote: “Never copy and paste anything that I get and assume it's rock solid... have AI double-check the other AI." – Ty Garmon

29:19 – End | AI-Generated Co-Presenter and Closing • Demo of AI-generated Ty using HeyGen and Eleven Labs. • QR code shared to access slides and software list.

In this episode of the Stormwater World Podcast, host Ty Garmon shares his engaging and practical presentation at the Ohio Stormwater Conference where he explains how stormwater professionals can use AI, especially ChatGPT, to save time, improve communication, and streamline workflows. Emphasizing the importance of effective prompting, Ty shares real-world applications such as writing inspection reports, simplifying regulatory language, and creating outreach content. He encourages attendees to treat AI like a new employee by offering clear, detailed instructions to get better results. Ty also introduces tools for personalizing output using personality types like ISTJ. The session concludes with a thoughtful discussion on data privacy, ethical use, and a demo of an AI-generated co-presenter, leaving attendees with actionable insights and renewed confidence in the potential of AI.

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