Friday Thread #02: AI Use Cases

Going beyond the hype of AI to find tangible improvements to your work and life.

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For our second Friday Thread, let’s talk about practical AI use cases.

I have been consistently skeptical about the AI hype, especially the doomsday predictions, but I kept an open mind to see how people are actually using AI during their day-to-day tasks. The majority of practical use cases seem to come from ChatGPT though I am sure there are other tools slowly gaining prominence.

That being said, let’s dive into this week’s Friday Thread.

What are your most helpful use cases of AI?

As always, I’ll start the conversation.