Making good use of AI

Some people seem to make decisions without basic standards or principles. They see a chance to make money and jump in without checking whether it is a trap or thinking about the consequences. I did not see this clearly at first. After observing it two or three times, it felt as though I had put on sharper glasses: the thing itself was the same, but I could finally see its risks.

We are four years into the AI era, and its importance is hard to deny. Yet many people have not used AI as a lens for examining their own circumstances. One concrete use of it is that it helps ordinary people check claims against facts. With that tool, some of the “experts” and “masters” around us look much less convincing. If more people learned to use it well, its benefits would be easier to see.

At the café this afternoon, I decided to practice English speaking and listening deliberately. I spent the next three hours designing a demanding training plan. It matters to the future I am excited about…