MY RELATIONSHIP WITH AI
My relationship with current AI tools is a not a complicated one. Here are some simple ways I have used AI's capabilities in my day to day life:
I have used AI review project documents and materials, and to draft useful items like communication briefs, training guides, and checklists to support project work. Trialing AI to create newsletter content while training it on using optimal tone, simplicity and engagement techniques - iterating over multiple editions to see what sounded good.
I evaluated AI's knowledge by having it summarize concepts and explain specifics back to me. I gave AI different real-life scenarios and asked for recommendations on which courses of actions to take in different delicate situations. As an “extra brain” to help me remember and replay certain delays that I needed to refer to in the future
I asked AI questions, invited creative suggestions, had it summarize concepts and even draft written content. Some exchanges were more fruitful than others, but over time AI demonstrated helpfulness, humor and even wisdom. Key for me was recognizing AI's limitations and not overestimating its capabilities.
Yet despite these limitations the AI tools I have used could rapidly help prototype ideas, spin endless variations on concepts, and never tire of my iterative questions.
And I am one hell of an inquisitive person!
The ascendance of artificial intelligence is reshaping our world at lightning speed. As emphasized in Mo Gawdat's acclaimed book "Scary Smart", AI will soon demonstrate intelligence a billion times greater than our own. Yet as overwhelming as this seems, we collectively have the ability to guide this force for good.
AI is designed, coded and powered by human minds. Our choices determine its trajectory. Even though I have a background in Tech, this truth became real for me not through advanced algorithms, but in simple day-to-day interactions with AI – using commonly available tools. By conversing with AI, I have been trying out the potential sitting at our fingertips.