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Real, ordinary ways I've used AI in life—not just at work. No grand predictions, no assumed expertise, and no pressure to use it the same way.
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Average audio length:
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English
United States
7 episodes
since Sept. 14, 2026
episodic
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An armload of thrift-store finds made a shoe-size chart more trouble than I wanted. On my commute, a much longer conversation with AI helped me develop a series—and I can also direct website work and audio rendering from the car.
AI answered from my pocket while I shopped for boots
I was having a g…
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Getting the RV ready for a desert trip meant packing much of our house and trying to fit grocery shopping into a day that was already full. Then a pressure-washer tip flew off the roof while I was washing it. Eric helped with both problems, with one memorable gap in the groceries.
AI planned our RV…
This week, I walked into a Final Fantasy XIV game expecting computer opponents and found real people who knew what they were doing. I also tried to make tiny event photos usable without changing what actually happened in them.
AI helped me survive a Doman Mahjong table full of real players
I entere…
On our desert trip, Eric helped me troubleshoot the RV’s water heater, keep notes during a game of Clue, and discover that my Samsung Galaxy could photograph the night sky. I also tested the Eric character I’d built over years as the voice answering my new local business line.
AI helped me find one…
Claude spent more than three hours rebuilding our Subscribe & Save schedule while I spent roughly twenty minutes answering questions and checking decisions between sessions of Final Fantasy XIV. I wouldn’t have spent a day doing that work myself. I also built an email concierge, shopped for RV …
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