Don't Be a Scaredy-Cat: AI for the Rest of Us
Don’t Be A Scaredy Cat is the podcast that takes the fear out of AI and makes it simple for real people with real lives.
If you’ve been hearing about artificial intelligence everywhere but feel overwhelmed, behind, or a little freaked out, this show is for you.
In each episode, we break down AI tools, trends, and terminology into plain language — no tech degree required. You’ll learn what actually matters, what’s just hype, and how to start using AI in small, safe, practical ways in your work and everyday life.
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Don't Be a Scaredy-Cat: AI for the Rest of Us
The Essential AI Prompting Pivot
This source, titled "The Essential AI Prompting Pivot," immediately establishes a new perspective on how users should approach artificial intelligence. The author argues that most people frame their interactions incorrectly by asking if AI can perform a specific task, such as writing a newsletter or creating social posts, which yields an unhelpful "maybe." Instead of focusing on AI's capability, the text advocates for a fundamental change in the user's inquiry. The more effective question, according to the excerpt, is to determine what specific information AI requires about the user or their business to produce genuinely useful results. This shift is presented as a crucial pivot that redefines the entire AI interaction from a question of capacity to one of necessary context and data provisioning.