Sunday, May 18, 2025

How are regular people using AI?

There’s no shortage of artificial intelligence accounts online (I follow most of them). Feels like early Twitter again, every profile promising the “ultimate secret.” Feeds overflow with experts, gurus, prophets, crystal‑ball forecasts.

What’s missing is the plain‑spoken story of how regular people use these tools to live better. That’s what I’m chasing.

I read everything. Newsletters. YouTube explainers. So-called deep dives. My biggest wins so far are small and real: chatbots rescue dinner when the fridge is bare, tighten my copy before I hit send, draft solid letters to end business squabbles. No fireworks, but the hours saved add up.

The leap came when I treated the tool like a partner. The better it knows me, the sharper it unpacks ideas in my voice, sparks creativity when my brain stalls, trims my emails so I sound crisp. It’s the first app that feels like a collaborator.

Yet something’s still missing. I can whip up a poem or a photoreal cat meme, sure, but I’m not about to spin a swarm of auto‑posting agents. I’m done feeding the content machine. I want depth, not dopamine.

I can feel the magic humming; we’re on the edge of AI that can solve the daily grind, tune up my health, and tackle the big stuff, but I haven’t found the unlock yet.

If you’ve cracked it, share the path. Let’s trace the slice of AI that turns “fine” into honest wonder. I’ve caught glimpses, and I know more are out there.




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