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  • Mitch Gallant
    How was the event?
  • joe.pistell
    joe.pistell replied to the thread AI = Awesome Intelligence.
    yup. We're a ship at sea with no wind. My org is dead in the water... adrift... waiting...
  • Alex Snyder
    Alex Snyder replied to the thread AI = Awesome Intelligence.
    Right now.
  • Chris Apostalides
    Too many people overpromise and underdeliver. As a vendor, it makes me nauseous. I have always been of the mindset that you must manage...
  • craigh
    craigh replied to the thread AI = Awesome Intelligence.
    When I first started programming (about 2 decades ago) the biggest fear we had was "what happens if the site goes down" and we made all...
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  • Tallcool1
    I voted for Overpromising because it was the closest fit. I don't like being pitched all of the features only to find out that the...
  • Tallcool1
    Wow you got a fantastic opportunity to sit with that many dealership employees over a short period of time. You of course earned that...
  • craigh
    craigh replied to the thread AI = Awesome Intelligence.
    As I understand it, this ended up getting banned because someone somewhere in the Amazon universe managed to jailbreak Fable and prove...
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  • Tallcool1
    Tallcool1 replied to the thread AI = Awesome Intelligence.
    The LMS is a feature of the CRM. They don't have to talk to one another, they ARE one another.
  • Rob
    I will quietly put up with all sorts of BS if the results are strong. Nothing else matters if the results are bad. I don’t care how...
  • jon.berna
    Yes sir - Automotive Vendor API & MCP Server | LVL Up Auto
  • craigh
    So do you have an MCP already built for this?
  • craigh
    craigh replied to the thread Do you swear at your AI?.
    Canadians would never yell at their AI, obviously. My rating of your tone: roughly a 9 out of 10 for professionalism and a 4 out of 10...
  • craigh
    Having just done a roadtrip across Canada with an OEM partner to showcase our product, I got to have roundtable discussions with around...
  • Alex Snyder
    It might not be flashy... it might not be as fun as Ling's Cars website... But we do have a Best of the Best Leaderboard: Best of the...
  • Chris Apostalides
    Chris Apostalides replied to the thread EVA Tax Credit Rollout.
    Incentivized to buy an EV. Then you do and states lose gas tax revenue. Who could have seen that coming?
  • Alex Snyder
    From the ones you work with to the ones who want to sell you something, what are your highest frustion points?
  • jon.berna
    Some news on this project! I've spent the last several months rebuilding LVL Up from the ground up with one goal: to go headless...
  • joe.pistell
    New Members Area. **THEME** 1 + 2 =3 1). AI will empower sooo many ppl with great ideas that lacked the resources to build their ideas...
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  • joe.pistell
    John get's my vote for POST OF THE YEAR Experts Sharing Knowledge. This... is what DR is all about p.s. he's got a cool service too...
  • joe.pistell
    joe.pistell replied to the thread Do you swear at your AI?.
    :unclejoe: AI TIP from the old fuk. <rant> WTF AI, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!! This is the 2nd time that you've made an error. I...
  • Alex Snyder
    For the first time in 20 years, we have full control of the technology that powers DealerRefresh. If you’ve ever thought, “I wish...
  • Dan Sayer
    Worth broadening this beyond Ford/FordDirect as you could swap in almost any OEM and their middleman of choice and tell the same story...
  • Chris Apostalides
    Appreciate the call, Dan.
  • Dan Sayer
    Thank you for the phone conversation. Understanding how your tools work just cemented my opinion of InMarket Solutions as well as gave...
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