What is an AI Operator and how do you become one?

Welcome to the AI era: it’s time to become an AI Operator.

Dabbling with ChatGPT is no longer enough - AI literacy will make or break your business.

Don’t worry if you’re overwhelmed and confused by the possibilities of AI.

You and your team can train to become AI Operators: confident AI users who live by the motto:

“How can I do this better with AI?”

In this article, we’ll explain what an AI Operator is and why it’s crucial to become one.

What is an AI Operator?

An AI Operator is someone who uses AI daily to do their job better.

They’ve adopted the AI-First Mindset, meaning they always ask "How can AI help me do this better and faster?" before beginning any task or project.

AI Operators could be professionals working specifically in AI as consultants or in in-houses role similar to Head of AI.

However, they could belong to any profession.

You can become an AI Operator by developing your skills and using AI to increase your efficiency, productivity, and even creativity.

AI Operator vs. AI Consultant: What’s the Difference?

While both AI Operators and AI Consultants have AI expertise, they are not exactly the same thing.

AI Consultants provide strategic guidance and advice on AI adoption. They usually work with leaders who want to implement AI at their businesses from the top down. They may offer advice about the best AI tools to use and how to train the team, however, they may not be directly involved in providing the training and increasing AI capabilities.

On the other hand, AI Operators are highly skilled AI experts using AI in their everyday life and work.

An AI Operator can be:

• A third party contractor who comes in to provide extensive training on AI for your team to help with AI adoption and implementation.

• A person at your company who takes on the role of AI Operator, Head of AI, or Chief AI Operator. This is an in-house position for an AI expert to work on implementing AI throughout the company and ensuring each team member has the relevant AI skills.

• Team members who have adopted the AI-First mindset and use AI consistently all throughout their work day, driving revenue and company growth.

When you book the AI Operator AI-First Mindset Training, an AI Operator will assess your business needs and provide a fully customized, hands-on program to train your employees to become AI Operators and confidently integrate AI into their jobs.

Skills of an AI Operator

AI Operators leverage AI tools to help them in all aspects of life and work.

They’re always looking for ways to enhance their efficiency and do better.

Anyone can become an AI Operator, but here are some key skills you need:

• Open-mindedness – Being adaptable and receptive to new AI tools and workflows.

• Simplicity — Always seeking the simplest and easiest way to solve problems and do things instead of over-complicating (work smarter, not harder!)

• Curiosity – Constantly exploring and learning about AI advancements, and keeping up with AI trends.

• Willingness to grow – Continuously improving AI literacy and applying new skills.

• Efficiency-seeking – Always looking for ways to use AI in your business.

• Experimentation – Taking the time to test AI tools and discover innovative uses.

• Orchestration — Coordinating several AI tools across multiple workflows.

• Generalist — Leveraging AI tools to handle 80% of diverse tasks, so you can focus on just 20%, which involves quality control, decision-making, and refining outputs.

Responsibilities of an AI Operator

When you book a training program with AI Operator, you can expect us to help you with:

• Implementing AI solutions – Choosing the right tools to enhance business operations.

• Optimizing AI usage – Ensuring team members use AI confidently, safely, and effectively.

• Group training for team members – Helping employees integrate AI into their daily tasks and workflows.

• Creating and fine-tuning custom AI solutions – Building AI-powered assistants tailored to specific business needs, and showing team members how to do the same.

• Automating repetitive tasks – Identifying the repetitive manual tasks that are the best candidates for optimization with AI.

• Monitoring AI ethics and compliance – Ensuring AI usage aligns with ethical guidelines, data privacy regulations, and company policies.

• Bridging AI and business strategy – Aligning AI capabilities with business goals to maximize impact.

How to Become an AI Operator

If you want to become a certified AI Operator, you can book a training course with AI Operator.

We’ll train you and your employees to integrate AI seamlessly into the workflow to boost efficiency and drive growth at your organization.

Why businesses need AI Operators

Now you know what an AI Operator is.

So, why do you and your team members need to become skilled AI users?

Here are the reasons why you need AI Operators at your company:

1. Save time

Team members will learn to automate or delegate repetitive tasks with AI, freeing up hours every week.

A report from Section on AI proficiency research that AI Experts report saving 8—12 hours a week thanks to AI.

2. Increase productivity

Optimizing work with AI allows each team member to enhance their productivity.

AI gives each team member their own AI assistant to help them get more done.

3. Reduce costs

Investing in AI tools and training ultimately reduces costs.

You can cut down your spending on contractors by doing more work in-house, and hire more slowly as your business grows.

4. Stay competitive

Other companies in your industry are learning and embracing AI in their work.

Learning and adopting AI is a must to ensure you not only keep up, but excel in your industry.

5. Boost employee happiness

Section’s research revealed that the majority of workers are fearful of AI.

However, as skills increased, employees became more optimistic.

AI Operators are happier in their jobs because they’ve automated repetitive tasks and spend more time on interesting work.

And, instead of worrying that AI will make them replaceable, they’re confident that AI skills are their superpower.

6. Drive innovation

AI can be your creative assistant to help you brainstorm and innovate.

As your skills improve, it will feel natural to use AI as an ideation partner to work through new ideas and see things from different perspectives.

7. Improve decision-making

AI Operators use AI for enhanced decision-making and problem-solving.

You can train AI tools to help you make better decisions and help you think about all the implications.

8. Safe use of AI

Mastering AI means understanding its risks and potential pitfalls.

In many businesses, team members use AI covertly without their managers’ approval.

But, in a team of AI Operators, there are clear guidelines about AI and everyone knows how to use AI safely and ethically for the benefit of all.

The AI-First Mindset

An AI Operator promotes an AI-First Mindset within an organization by encouraging teams to ask, "How can AI help me do this better and faster?" This approach ensures:

• AI is considered before resorting to manual work.

• Teams focus on high-level tasks, leaving repetitive work to AI.

• Employees develop AI confidence instead of fearing job loss.

Turn your team into AI Operators today

Ready to smash your company goals and watch each of your team members become more productive, efficient and excited about their work than ever?

You can transform your business with AI.

All it takes is education and mindset.

Book a call with AI Operator today and start building an AI-first team to save time, cut costs, boost productivity, and stay competitive in an AI-driven world.