We’re back with another edition of AI for the Rest of Us. For those who’ve recently joined, welcome! We’re thrilled you’re here and along for the ride.

Before we dig in, I want our newbies to know what to expect with the newsletter – and hey, a little reminder for our OG never hurts.

Newsletters go out every other Friday morning, and each one is centered around a topic. That topic will fall into one of three categories: something involving AI’s impact/influence on culture (a la AI’s Impact on Relationships in Edition #4); something related to the technical aspect of AI (a la What is AI, anyway? in Editions #2 and #3); or something industry-related (How AI is Changing – and Improving – Education, AI’s Impact on Healthcare, and others coming).

For each topic, we share what you should know about it and different ways to think about it, things you can learn from it, and what it looks like out in the wild. And finally, we end every edition with something to do – because we believe learning happens through doing, and the best way to learn about AI is to use the thing.

Without further ado, this week’s topic: AI Products: Is this all there is?

Here we go!

– Kyser

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In the Know

There’s a question I’m asked quite often: “This AI technology is amazing, but why am I having a hard time finding ways to use it?”

It got me thinking. It’s probably worth pausing to talk about where we are in the life cycle of these new AI products. We discussed where are we on the evolutionary scale of AI in Edition #3 (for the newbies here … it’s worth reading). But I’m talking about something different here. I’m talking about the actual products at our disposal, the AI tools that “the rest of us” are using, tools like ChatGPT. So let’s get into what’s happening and what we can expect moving forward.

Let’s Learn Something

AI in the Wild