I’m excited to share something special with our AI Bits & Pieces community, especially the AI-curious members of our community. 🥁 🚀 Starting this week, my wife Michele will be contributing a new series called AI in Real Life — a warm, honest look at what it actually feels like to learn and use AI from the perspective of an everyday, real-world user. ✨ AI in Real Life is for anyone who’s ever thought: “I’m curious… but where do I begin?” This series will follow her personal journey with ChatGPT and other AI tools as she explores how they show up in everyday life — conversations with family, planning and organizing, trying new ideas, and even navigating the hesitation many of us felt in the beginning. Each week, Michele will share a short story, a small discovery, or a real-life moment that brought AI into her world in a simple, human way. My hope is that her voice helps make this community feel even more welcoming for those who are just getting started. ________ 🕰️ By way of background, Michele (@Michele Wacht ) spent twenty years as an executive selling services to the automotive OEM industry. She came from a corporate marketing and sales background, achieving top salesperson status at her company for many years before stepping away eight years ago to prioritize our family and be fully present for our daughter during her teen years. Now that Emma is off to college and recently turned 21, Michele felt ready to re-engage. And to my delight, she decided to join AI Bits and Pieces in helping people understand the benefits of AI — not from the perspective of an engineer or a strategist, but from the vantage point of someone discovering her own curiosity and how AI fits in as a life skill. If you’ve read Michele’s writing — as I and many of her friends have — you know she has a gift for turning simple moments into meaningful reflections. She approaches AI the same way — with curiosity, humor, and a down-to-earth honesty that reminds us that learning something new doesn’t always start with confidence. Sometimes it starts with dinner plans for friends, a college-age daughter on speed dial, and a willingness to try (a preview of her first post).

🌀 The Quip: “AI won’t take your job — but someone using AI might.” ✨ Why It Matters AI isn’t here to replace people — it’s here to amplify them. Those who learn to use AI don’t become less relevant; they become the people others rely on. AI boosts your clarity, your speed, and your output — not your competition’s. Careers aren’t being eliminated; they’re being reshaped around those who embrace new tools. When you add AI to your skillset, you don’t disappear — you stand out. ✨ Real Story of the Week Source: Success.com Article: “New Research Shows Daily AI Users Earn More and Advance Faster” Published: December 2025 URL: https://www.success.com/daily-ai-users-career-research/ Success.com reported on PwC’s latest workforce study showing that employees who use generative AI every day are earning more and advancing their careers faster than peers who don’t. Daily AI users consistently reported higher income growth, faster skill development, and greater responsibility at work. This wasn’t a story about AI replacing jobs — it was a story about AI elevating the people who embrace it. ✨ How AI Bits & Pieces Can Help Inside this community, we help you turn AI into your everyday advantage: - Daily AI Terms that build literacy one small insight at a time - Classroom lessons that teach simple, practical workflows - Pro Tips showing how AI works in real jobs - Ready-to-use prompts that save hours of guesswork - Member examples proving that small AI habits create big results AI becomes powerful when you know how to use it — and we teach you how. ✨ Takeaway AI doesn’t diminish your value — it multiplies it. The people who use it gain the advantage. ✨ AI Bits and Pieces Helping people and businesses adopt AI with confidence.

Term: Response Level: Beginner Category: Core Concept 🪄 Simple Definition: A response is the answer the AI gives back after you type a prompt. 🌟 Expanded Definition: The response is the AI’s output — the text it generates based on your prompt. Responses can be short (a single fact) or long (a story, plan, or explanation). Since the AI is predicting the most likely next words, its responses can sound natural and human-like, though sometimes they may be off or inaccurate. ⚡ In Action: Prompt: “Write a haiku about the ocean. ”Response: The AI generates a three-line poem with 5-7-5 syllables. 💡 Pro Tip: If a response isn’t what you wanted, refine your prompt or ask the AI to try again. Think of it as a conversation where you guide the answer.

We start with the big picture. These are the terms most people encounter in conversation or the media. Understanding them gives you a clear mental model of what “AI” actually refers to. You’ll learn: - Narrow AI (ANI) - Generative AI - General AI (AGI) - Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) - Limited Memory AI This level establishes the foundation for everything that follows. For a detail review of each type of AI and more, click here

Term: Prompt Engineering Level: Beginner Category: Core Concept 🪄 Simple Definition:Prompt engineering is the skill of writing better instructions (prompts) so AI gives you more accurate and useful responses. 🌟 Expanded Definition:Prompt engineering means learning how to guide AI by structuring your requests clearly and strategically. Instead of asking vaguely (“Tell me about marketing”), you add context and constraints (“Write a 3-step marketing plan for a bakery to attract more local customers”). This makes the AI’s answers sharper, more relevant, and closer to what you need. ⚡ In Action: Basic prompt: “Explain gravity.”Engineered prompt: “Explain gravity in 3 short sentences, as if teaching a middle school class.” 💡 Pro Tip: Treat prompts like conversations with a helpful intern. The more detail, examples, or roles you give, the closer the result matches your vision.