How to Interface with AI before it Destroys the World | Old Guy + AI

4 days ago

We go over how to interact with AI through Prompt Best Practices and how AI organizes the various AI solutions. And if AI is the end of humanity as we know it.

00:00 Intro
00:19 AI is in our Technological Future... is that a good thing?
00:54 How to Interact with AI and Find the Tool best for You
01:41 Coding in Basic vs using AI
03:00 AI 101 Quick Review
04:10 INTERACTING WITH AI
04:28 The Power of Personas
05:58 Be Specific and Detailed
06:40 What AI needs from you
06:58 Provide Context and Background
07:48 Use Examples to Clarify Expectations
08:25 Specify Format and Structure
08:45 Specify Tone and Style
09:00 Include Positive and Negative Examples
09:32 Ask for Step-by-Step Reasoning
10:01 Set Clear Constraints and Requirements
10:13 Clarify Your Audience
10:55 Iterate and Refine
11:11 Break Complex Requests into Sections
12:42 Personal Experience - AI Sometimes Forgets
15:25 POWER OF PERSONAS
15:58 Travel Blogger Persona Example
18:06 Adventure Guide Persona Example
20:35 Be the Go-To Person for AI at your Company
22:14 Article - The Hidden Penalty of Using AI at Work
26:52 The Flying Car Theory
28:53 AI similar to Star Trek or Skynet?
29:10 AI similar to Star Trek
31:00 Watching Star Trek as a Kid
32:50 AI similar to Skynet
34:15 Three Laws of Robotics
35:10 More AI similar to Skynet
38:33 AI Manhattan Project
39:30 Article - The AI was Fed Sloppy Code. It Turned into Something Evil
43:10 WHICH AI SHOULD YOU USE?
43:51 General Purpose AI Assistants
44:42 AI for Voice and Speech
45:10 AI for Images and Design
45:55 Personal Experience - Using Gemini Nano Banana
47:07 AI for Video
47:30 AI for Productivity and Office Work
48:18 AI for Business and Specialized Worklfows
49:15 Gen X Needs to Leverage the Time to be Experts in this Space
50:28 Join us on Skool and Outro

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Quanta Magazine Article - The AI was Fed Sloppy Code. It Turned into Something Evil
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-ai-was-fed-sloppy-code-it-turned-into-something-evil-20250813/

Harvard Business Review - Research: The Hidden Penalty of Using AI at Work
https://hbr.org/2025/08/research-the-hidden-penalty-of-using-ai-at-work

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