My accountant friend Mark looked genuinely worried when he texted me last week: “Just saw Altman’s latest interview. Should I be updating my resume?” It wasn’t the first time someone had asked me this question, but something about Mark’s concern felt different—more urgent, more real. Here’s a guy who’s been …
Last month, I watched my 16-year-old nephew create a stunning 3D model of our family dog using nothing but his smartphone and some AI magic. What should’ve taken weeks of professional 3D modeling software and serious technical skills happened in about 15 minutes. The result? A model so realistic I …
Three weeks ago, my friend Priya’s Instagram post got 50,000 likes overnight. Not because she’s an influencer or celebrity—she’s an accountant from Pune. Her secret? She’d used some AI tool called “Nano Banana” to create the most stunning, impossibly perfect image of herself in a traditional Kerala saree, complete with …
Three months ago, I asked ChatGPT to help me write a birthday message for my best friend. What I got back was so generic it could’ve been printed on a greeting card from 1995. “Wishing you happiness on your special day…” Seriously? That’s the best a super-intelligent AI could do? …
My friend Kavya sent me a screenshot last Tuesday that made me do a double-take. It looked like a lost photograph from Madhubala’s personal collection—soft golden lighting, an ethereal saree draped to perfection, and that dreamy vintage quality that makes your heart skip a beat. “Wait,” I texted back, “is …
Last Tuesday, I watched my 74-year-old mother have a full conversation with her smart speaker about adjusting her medication schedule, while simultaneously using an AI app to identify a mysterious plant in her garden. She didn’t think twice about it—to her, she was just talking to “Alexa” and taking a …
My 8-year-old nephew asked me last week, “Uncle, how does AI know everything?” while playing with ChatGPT on my phone. I started to give him the standard explanation about algorithms and data, but then I realized something: I’d been using AI for months without really understanding how it works either. …