Artificial Intelligence is not a new concept or tool. Since the modern birth of this field now commonly referred to as AI in the mid-twentieth century, it has undergone boom and bust periods that either put the brakes on the pedal or accelerated so rapidly that it’s not possible for me to blog about every advancement today because changes are so rapid. I’m not an expert, but I have tested certain tools and there are ideas and tools that I like, and those that I’m opposed to. My aim here is to share what I’ve used and comment on positives and negatives. I’ll also aggregate information that I have collected so you can try tools yourselves. Of course, my website is dedicated to your career and business growth so posts in this category will be dedicated to that mission. Let’s start below.
I began my AI journey focused on research to test one of the biggest offerings– Bard, a product of Google. What to know: the self-proclaimed experiment (it says so up front) responds to your prompts on any number of topics that you would look for in a general Google search. For all of AI, including Bard, the better the prompt, the more comprehensive the response. However, the caveat at the bottom of the page suggests that “Bard my display inaccurate info, including about people, so double check its response.” What I did: I asked Bard to research the statements of a public figure on a specific policy. Bard’s response ranged from conflicting statements to statements that I knew not to be true. So, the caveat about people worked. Be careful, then, and trust what you (human) know already. How it worked better: I created a prompt to produce news articles about an individual or group, The articles I researched were from trusted news platforms, and, although not entirely comprehensive, it gave accurate information. In other words, I experimented but also relied on facts I had already learned from excellent sources.