Mahdi Baikmohammadlou

Mahdi Baikmohammadlou is an AI and digital transformation instructor and consultant based in Muscat, Oman, and the Founder and CEO of AMWAJ, where he teaches practical AI workshops and advises businesses on AI solutions, digital process automation and AI-driven digital business development. Connect with him on LinkedIn.

Artificial intelligence (AI) describes today’s computer systems that perform tasks normally needing human intelligence, such as writing, analysis and assistants, while superintelligence (SI) describes hypothetical AI that would surpass human intelligence across virtually every domain, from science and strategy to creativity. AMWAJ publishes a guide to superintelligence that explains the concept in more depth.

Superintelligence is trending in 2026 because a US executive order of 29 September 2026 directs federal agencies to say “Super Intelligence” instead of “Artificial Intelligence” in official materials, and on 4 October 2026 Elon Musk said SpaceX’s AI unit, formerly xAI, will be renamed SpaceXSI. The order keeps the existing legal definition of AI, so the change is mainly one of terminology.

No, superintelligence in the scientific sense, meaning AI that outperforms humans in almost every field, does not exist yet; today’s systems are powerful but still make mistakes and need human oversight, even when official documents now use the term “Super Intelligence” for existing AI. Mahdi’s AI workshops focus on using current tools well and checking their output.

An AI agent is software built on a large language model that receives a goal, plans the steps, uses tools such as web search, email, spreadsheets or other applications, checks the results and continues until the task is done, usually with a human approving important actions. AI agents are part of the AI and automation solutions AMWAJ offers.

Agentic AI is AI that acts instead of only answering: a chatbot replies to one message at a time, while an agentic system can break a goal into steps, call tools, remember context and complete multi-step work such as research, reporting or customer follow-up, within the limits and approvals that people set. Mahdi explains these tools in his AI workshops.

A bot follows fixed rules or scripts to repeat a simple task, a chatbot holds a conversation and answers questions, often with AI, and an AI agent goes further by planning and carrying out multi-step tasks with tools, so the three differ mainly in how much judgment and independent action they have. Businesses often combine all three in their automation solutions.

Businesses can use AI agents safely by starting with one small, well-defined process, giving the agent only the data and tools it needs, keeping a human in the loop to approve sensitive actions, logging every step and measuring results before expanding to more processes. AMWAJ lists AI and automation solutions among its services for organizations that want guided adoption.

Business process automation means using software to run repeatable business tasks, such as data entry, approvals, invoicing, reporting, email follow-ups and customer onboarding, automatically and consistently, so teams spend less time on manual work and more on decisions, service and growth; adding AI lets automations also read documents and draft replies. It is a core part of AMWAJ’s services.

n8n is a workflow automation platform where you connect apps and services as visual nodes, so a trigger such as a new email, form entry or schedule starts a chain of actions like updating a spreadsheet, calling an AI model or sending a message, without writing a full application. Similar tools follow the same trigger-and-action idea, and AMWAJ builds such automation solutions.

The best processes to automate first are frequent, rule-based and time-consuming tasks with clear inputs and outputs, such as lead capture, appointment reminders, invoice processing, report generation and routing customer requests, because they deliver quick, measurable savings with low risk and teach the team how automation works. AMWAJ’s services include AI and automation solutions for this.

Workflow automation provides the reliable, step-by-step pipeline, triggers, integrations and rules, while AI agents add judgment inside that pipeline, for example reading an incoming email, classifying it, drafting a reply and handing it to a person for approval, so together they automate work that is both structured and language-based. This combination is part of AMWAJ’s AI and automation solutions.

Mahdi is the instructor of many AI workshops managed by AMWAJ, including AI Career Workshop for University Students, AI Productivity, AI Study Buddy, AI for Teachers, AI & Your Child, AI Play & Create for Kids and Build with AI Vibe Coding. The full catalogue is at amwaj.om/events.

In the 2-hour AI Career Workshop, university students in Oman learn to use AI to explore career paths, research roles and industries, analyze job descriptions, find skill gaps, tailor their CV, write application messages and prepare for interviews, while combining AI with their own judgment and communication skills.

The AI Productivity Workshop is a practical 2-hour session in Oman that shows university students reusable AI workflows to summarize lectures and documents, turn notes into study material, create practice quizzes, outline reports and presentations, improve writing and organize deadlines, while keeping academic integrity and their own critical thinking at the center.

AI Study Buddy is a practical 2-hour workshop that teaches school students to use tools such as ChatGPT as a personal learning assistant, following a simple process of understand, ask, practice, test, identify weaknesses and review, so they ask AI to help them understand a problem instead of simply giving them the answer. No programming experience is required.

AI Play & Create for Kids is a 2-hour in-person discovery workshop for children aged 4–6 and 7–9 who turn paper drawings into digital art, animate pictures, invent characters, build short stories and learn basic AI safety, with no coding; a 4-week creative AI program of eight workshops is also available.

In AI & Your Child, a 2-hour workshop, parents learn how generative AI works, how children can use it for learning and how to guide safe, responsible use, while AI for Teachers covers AI-powered learning tools, personalization, lesson planning, automation and ethical, critical use in the classroom.

Build with AI Vibe Coding is a hands-on 1.5 to 2-hour workshop where participants go from an idea to a working web app with Cursor, learning APIs, JSON and JavaScript fetch, giving effective instructions to AI coding tools, reading and debugging AI-generated code, and using ChatGPT and Claude for planning and review. Basic HTML, CSS and JavaScript knowledge is required.

Most AI workshops managed by AMWAJ start from 10 OMR per participant, while longer programs such as AI for Content Creators and Designers and the Web Design Essentials program are priced separately, and you can browse all 20 events and book a seat online at amwaj.om/events. For questions, contact AMWAJ.