This article, based on a session originally presented at the 2026 ADRP Annual Conference by Javier Castillo, San Diego Blood Bank, offers a practical roadmap for moving beyond using AI as a simple ‘rewriter’ and toward AI that multiplies your capacity. Castillo walks through building a portable AI foundation — identity, context, and memory — then climbing the four levels of AI capability, from reusable skills to autonomous agents. Along the way, he covers how to decide what deserves an agent at all, why humans stay responsible for the work, and one concrete step to take Monday.

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August 28, 2026
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