11/12/2024

Using Artificial Intelligence is Easier than You Think

Extreme fear is somewhat unnecessary

Ever since I watched the Disney Channel original movie Smart House as a kid, I've been fascinated by futuristic visions of technology in our daily lives. While writing about artificial intelligence (AI) tools and providing advice for using them at WIRED over the past two years, it's become so clear to me that the software is nothing like it's depicted in these sci-fi movies or what the hype-focused marketing materials from AI companies would have you believe.

Even with this in mind, I do still consider the current crop of generative AI tools to be sometimes useful, sometimes entertaining and almost always a little frustrating.

And that belief was my driving motivation to write a second season of our AI Unlocked newsletter. It has been a passion project of mine over the past few months to work on this—chatting with experts in the field, trying out different tools and soliciting reader responses to last year’s newsletter. The new season is focused on helping you experiment even more with AI tools, while staying realistic about their possibilities.

Please select this link to read the complete article from WIRED.