TL;DR
Imagine two business owners being asked the same question:
“Is your company using AI?”
Both say yes.
The first uses ChatGPT every day. Writes emails faster, researches competitors, and creates content. But the rest of the company still operates pretty much as it did before.
The second has employees experimenting with AI across departments. Some are even automating tasks. But nobody has a clear picture of which tools people use, what data goes into them, or whether any of this saves the business money.
Both companies use AI.
But their AI readiness is very different.
And that raises two questions I’ve been thinking about:
- How ready is your business to put AI to work?
- How good are you personally at using AI?
To help answer these, I’ve created two free, quick quizzes.
It’s Austin Tech Week this week!
On Tuesday, October 27, I’ll be participating in the BBB business panel on AI at AI Made Practical for Small Businesses, part of Austin Tech Week.
I’m looking forward to discussing how small businesses can move beyond AI hype and start putting AI to practical use.
If you’re in Austin and attending the event, I’d love to meet you there!
I’m introducing these two quizzes at the event, but I wanted to share them with my Signal over Noise readers as well, wherever you are.
Both take just a few minutes, and you’ll get your results immediately.
1. Is Your Business Actually AI Ready?
Knowing how to use ChatGPT is one thing.
Getting AI to improve the way your business operates is another.
That’s why I created the AI Readiness Score to measure both.
In just 3 minutes, you’ll answer 12 questions about your own AI knowledge and how your company uses AI.
You’ll get:
- Two scores: Your AI know-how and your company’s AI adoption.
- Your AI readiness profile: Starting Line, Ready to Build, Team Out Front, or Scaling Up.
- A practical 90-day AI plan: Based on your answers and the business workflow you want to improve first.
Maybe you know AI well, but your company hasn’t put it to work.
Or perhaps your employees are moving faster than you realize.
Here’s one of the questions from the quiz:
True or false: A bigger, more expensive AI model is always the better choice for business tasks.
Not as obvious as you might think.
And that’s just one of the questions.
What I’m really interested in helping you discover is the gap between what you know about AI and what your company actually does with it.
Because that gap often tells you where to focus next.
2. How Good Are You Personally at AI?
Here’s another question I think is worth asking.
Are you someone who occasionally asks ChatGPT a question?
Someone who uses AI regularly to get real work done?
Or someone who can build automations and AI-powered systems?
There’s a big difference.
I created the Personal AI Level Quiz to help you understand where you stand.
It takes about 2 minutes and places you at one of five levels:
- Level 1: Aware
- Level 2: Explorer
- Level 3: Applied User
- Level 4: Strategic Thinker
- Level 5: Builder
You’ll find out your current level and, more importantly, what you should learn next to improve.
And don’t worry if you don’t know every answer.
I’ve included explanations for the knowledge questions after you finish, so you’ll learn something along the way.
3. Taking Both Quizzes? Here's What to Know.
One quick note.
If you take both quizzes, you might notice that a couple of questions are the same.
That’s intentional.
I included a few common questions because both assessments test some fundamental AI knowledge.
But don’t mistake them for the same quiz. They measure two very different things.
The business quiz looks at how AI is being adopted across your company and gives you a practical 90-day plan.
The personal quiz focuses on your individual AI skills and shows you what you need to learn to reach the next level.
So if you recognize a question from the first quiz, keep going. The assessments diverge, and the results are quite different.
In fact, I think taking both could be particularly revealing.
You might discover that you’re ahead of your company in AI adoption. Or your company might actually be ahead of you.
Either way, that’s useful information to have.
Final Thought
There’s no shortage of impressive AI demos.
I see new tools and capabilities coming out almost every day.
But I’ve always believed there’s a big difference between being impressed by AI, knowing how to use it, and actually putting it to work in a business.
Before deciding which AI tool to buy next, I think it’s worth understanding where you stand today.
These quizzes aren’t certifications or rankings against other companies. They’re quick, self-reported assessments I created to give you a useful starting point.
Both are free. Both take just a few minutes. And you’ll see your results immediately.
My goal is simple: Help you get a clearer picture of where you are with AI and what you should focus on next.
And if you take both quizzes, I hope you’ll find a few surprises along the way.
Thanks for reading Signal Over Noise,
where we separate real business signal from AI noise.
where we separate real business signal from AI noise.
See you next Tuesday,
Avi Kumar
Founder: Kuware.com
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