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AI, Eh?

I've spent 28 years in IT and noticed something was missing when AI started moving fast. Plenty of content for tech people. Not much for everyone else. AI, Eh? is plain English AI guidance for everyday Canadians and small business owners. No jargon, no hype, just practical stuff you can actually use. I read and reply to every message personally. Free to subscribe. Always will be. Also the author of The Human Side of Leadership — learn more at chrismackinnon.ca

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AI, Eh? Issue 14 — Your next job search just got a lot less painful Hey there, Welcome back. And a warm hello to anyone joining us for the first time. 🍁 To review previous issues, visit theaieh.ca/articles Happy Canada Day. I hope you are somewhere comfortable, maybe with a cold drink, not thinking too hard about work. Or maybe you are thinking about work. Maybe you are thinking about a different job, a new direction, or just quietly wondering if the one you have is still the right one. That...

AI, Eh? Issue 13 — No waitlist. No tuition. No judgment. Using AI to learn something new. Hey there, Welcome back. And a warm hello to anyone joining us for the first time. 🍁 To review previous issues, visit theaieh.ca/articles Okay, first things first. It has been a while. Over a week, if we are being honest. I was in Las Vegas for a few days, and let me just say that Vegas is not exactly a place that makes you want to sit down and write a newsletter. I got home, I was tired, the food was...

AI, Eh? Issue 12 — You already use AI. You just don't call it that. Hey there, Welcome back. And a warm hello to anyone joining us for the first time. 🍁 To review previous issues, visit theaieh.ca/articles Oh, and one more thing before we get into it. We just gave the website a bit of a refresh. If you have ever wanted to go back and find a specific issue, the articles page now groups everything by topic so it is much easier to browse. Worth a bookmark if you have not already. You can find it...

AI, Eh? Issue 11 — What does AI actually do with what you type? Hey there, Welcome back. And a warm hello to anyone joining us for the first time. 🍁 To review previous issues, visit theaieh.ca/articles AI knows more about you than you might think. Not in a scary way. In a "you have probably been typing things in without realizing what happens next" kind of way. That is what this issue is about. Not to make you nervous about using these tools. You should absolutely keep using them. But a few...

AI, Eh? Issue 10 — ChatGPT image creation: what it can do now and how to get the most out of it Hey there, Welcome back. And a warm hello to anyone joining us for the first time. 🍁 To review previous issues, visit theaieh.ca/articles This week we are going one step further, because ChatGPT just got a genuinely impressive new capability, and I wanted to show you what it actually looks like in practice. We are talking about image creation. And I did not just write about it. I tried it myself,...

AI, Eh? Issue 9 — ChatGPT isn't what you think it is anymore Hey there, Welcome back. And a warm hello to anyone joining us for the first time. Really glad you are here. The sunburn has faded. The inbox has cleared up. Slightly. And I am back with what was supposed to be one issue about ChatGPT and turned into two, because ChatGPT has been busy and there is genuinely too much to cover in a single email without making your eyes glaze over. So here is the updated plan. Issue 9 (this one) is a...

AI, Eh? Issue 8 — Claude deep dive: getting the most out of one of the best writing tools out there Hey there, Welcome back. And a warm hello to anyone joining us for the first time. Really glad you are here. First things first, I owe you a small apology for the slight delay on this one. I was in Mexico for a week, which I did plan for. What I did not plan for was how long it would take me to get back into the swing of things once I returned. Turns out a sunburn and a full inbox are a tough...

AI, Eh? Issue 7 — Online reviews: how to write them and how to respond to them Hey there, Welcome back. And a warm hello to anyone joining us for the first time. Glad you found us. Quick recap of where we have been: 📌 Issue 1: 4 AI tools worth trying this week (no tech skills needed) 📌 Issue 2: Are you talking to AI the right way? 📌 Issue 3: 5 things you can ask AI to do for you today 📌 Issue 4: Why your AI answers are meh (and how to fix that) 📌 Issue 5: How to write a week of social media...

AI, Eh? Issue 6 — How to use AI to write better emails faster Hey there, Welcome back to AI, Eh? and a warm hello to anyone reading for the first time. Really glad you are here. Here is a quick look at where we have been so far: 📌 Issue 1: 4 AI tools worth trying this week (no tech skills needed) 📌 Issue 2: Are you talking to AI the right way? 📌 Issue 3: 5 things you can ask AI to do for you today 📌 Issue 4: Why your AI answers are meh (and how to fix that) 📌 Issue 5: How to write a week of...

AI, Eh? Issue 5: How to write a week of social media content in 30 minutes using AI Hey there, Welcome back to AI, Eh? Really glad you are here for this one, because this issue might be the most immediately useful thing we have covered yet. If you have been following along, here is a quick recap of where we have been: 📌 Issue 1: 4 AI tools worth trying this week (no tech skills needed) 📌 Issue 2: Are you talking to AI the right way? 📌 Issue 3: 5 things you can ask AI to do for you today 📌...