Overheard a co-worker talking about using it to write software for a Raspberry PI to create...

Posted by EffinIllini on April 3, 2026, 12:22:15, in reply to "sidejack, any good personal uses for AI? I just used it to catalog my books and create a plant care "

a music channel to stream his Bluetooth record player over all the Alexas in his house. I've used it to make custom lables for bottles of tequila infused with homegrown jalapeños, creating trigonometric identity problems to help with my daughter's homework, help with vacation planning, and find me vehicle parts and specs. Just simple stuff comparitively Previous Message guide*

we used it to plan a 2-week cruise. It suggested sites to see, restaurants, special apparel,

Posted by bbonb on April 3, 2026, 11:57:55, in reply to "sidejack, any good personal uses for AI? I just used it to catalog my books and create a plant care "

Helped make me a great April Fool's joke picture.*

Posted by MojoJojo on April 3, 2026, 11:55:20, in reply to "sidejack, any good personal uses for AI? I just used it to catalog my books and create a plant care "

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I've used it to create (suggest) a mini setup for battery, solar panel, inverter, etc

Posted by ghost_of_clt on April 3, 2026, 11:53:36, in reply to "sidejack, any good personal uses for AI? I just used it to catalog my books and create a plant care "

so I can work in/near my work car but at a park or while camping. Also usable just for camping. Also have used it to extract info from invoices that I want to save in a spreadsheet. Basic stuff so far. Previous Message guide* N U D E S I N B I O

I specifically uninstall it on every application I can. *

Posted by haighter on April 3, 2026, 11:48:42, in reply to "sidejack, any good personal uses for AI? I just used it to catalog my books and create a plant care "

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My parents open their pool in May, but I don't see how that's relevant.

Posted by ghost_of_clt on April 3, 2026, 10:36:07, in reply to "This is really something you should be asking your agent pool to take care of for you. *"

I don't want to hire an agent to use their pool. Previous Message Previous Message I saw an ad for "AI Automation and Agentic AI Basics", through a local university (UMSL). The pitch is: Learn how to strategically use AI and no-code tools to build automations from AI experts. No coding background required! (Course info is at https://upskill.umsl.edu/ai-automation/syllabus ) Ok, sure, sounds good. Is this something that's actually useful? And, I guess, an efficient use of my money to learn? N U D E S I N B I O

My "issue", likely, is trying to apply it (not dabble) is a new thing to me.

Posted by ghost_of_clt on April 3, 2026, 8:44:29, in reply to "I listen to a good AI daily podcast, and they put together some self-paced learning curricula"

And the unknown unknowns are a mental mountain. I'm sure I will fall into comfort just by doing it, it's not a difficult thing to learn some utility (as ab75 seems to say). But I'm very much at yeah, I want the training wheels just to be able to get on the bike and move. Previous Message I have not done any of them but this one looked interesting, and maybe along the lines of what you are looking for: https://aidbnewyear.com/ My worry with any organized class is that things are moving so fast, they might be teaching things that are already obsolete. Previous Message I saw an ad for "AI Automation and Agentic AI Basics", through a local university (UMSL). The pitch is: Learn how to strategically use AI and no-code tools to build automations from AI experts. No coding background required! (Course info is at https://upskill.umsl.edu/ai-automation/syllabus ) Ok, sure, sounds good. Is this something that's actually useful? And, I guess, an efficient use of my money to learn? N U D E S I N B I O