The use of AI to accomplish tasks is all around me these days.
Here are a few ways that AI is baked into my job:
- My digital asset manager uses AI to search my images and find ones that match my search term. I no longer have to rely on carefully tagging my photos to describe it’s details
- AI helpers are baked into my office suite offering me assistance with simple projects at every turn including writing, formulas, and graphics
- AI is baked into my social media tools offering automatic captioning of video content, writing help on LinkedIn, and more.
- The use of AI is readily available for writing help or with creative ideas as I see fit
- AI is baked into my task manager offering a more automated view of my workflows
Lately, I’ve been asking myself how to use these new tools effectively and how to assist other
people in using the tools, too. Some questions I ask myself are:
- To what degree is using AI assisting my creative work?
- How may using AI be hindering my ability to develop my own creativity?
- Who am I un-employing by using AI instead of asking for help?
- Is AI keeping my tethered to my computer for answers instead of using my offline tools to think for myself?
- Does AI inhibit me from being effective when thinking on my feet?
- Is AI improving my digital connection with other people or inhibiting my real relationships?
- Is AI warping my sense of time and how long it takes me to do real work?
- What is my responsibility to the next generation in helping them use new tools effectively?
As you can see, I have more questions than answers in the use of AI as I try to approach my toolbox with discernment. These probably are not new and unique questions, but I have them none the less.