AI for Grown-Ups

A Friendly, No-Nonsense Guide to Artificial Intelligence

By: Richard Murch

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

You picked up this book for a reason. Maybe you have heard people talking about artificial intelligence and wondered what on earth they mean.

Maybe your grandchildren keep mentioning ChatGPT at the dinner table and you smile and nod while secretly having no idea what they are talking about. Or maybe you have seen the headlines — AI is changing everything! — and felt a small flutter of anxiety wondering whether you are being left behind

It is completely natural to feel a little nervous about something new, especially when the news loves to paint dramatic pictures of AI taking over jobs or reading our minds. The truth, as always, is far more ordinary and much less frightening.

AI is a tool. Much like a television was once a strange and intimidating box that nobody quite understood at one time past, AI will soon feel like just another helpful gadget in your life.
It cannot replace your wisdom, your relationships, your experience, or your judgment. What it can do is help you find information faster, remind you of things, answer questions, and save you time.

By the time you finish this book, you will not only understand what AI is — you will feel quietly confident about using it. So let us begin at the very beginning, because that is always the best place to start.