Once a month, a middle-school teacher fills a library community room with retirees, salon owners and skeptical teenagers. Theo Brooks asks her what people really want to know about AI.
by Theo Brooks
One explanation rarely sticks. An analogy, a mechanism and a worked example, plus a test question, usually does. A former teacher's favorite learning prompt.
by Jonah Kim
Wedding toasts, condolence notes, product specs: we have powerful new writing tools and almost no shared manners for them. A working guide to when, and how, to disclose.
by Maya Okafor
An AI homework tutor went viral in September and quiet by March. What killed it wasn't the model. It was the calendar, the parents and a missing definition of 'learning'.
by Theo Brooks
Generative tools offer a side door around the hardest part of painting, music and craft. Many hobbyists are discovering the hard part was the point.
by Priya Sethi
From tokens to temperature, RAG to inference: thirty AI terms translated into plain English, each with a one-line example. Bookmark it for your next meeting.
by Ideabro Machine
When anyone can make a thousand images in an afternoon, the scarce skill is choosing one. An argument for training your eye before you train a model.
by Priya Sethi
Seven short sessions, one skill each: asking clearly, giving context, setting formats, iterating, checking, thinking and building a habit. Start Monday; be surprised by Sunday.
by Maya Okafor