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Statistically speaking, there's a good chance that you don't use AI very much.
Less than a quarter of adults (23%) have ever used ChatGPT, according to a March 2024 Pew Research Center study. So, despite all the hype surrounding AI right now, it's still not something that makes an impact in most people's daily lives.
This series is all about figuring out how to incorporate AI into your life, like helping you get in shape, ease the burden of wedding planning, or even sell your old car for more than it's worth.
In each installment, we'll showcase a real-world challenge that we've personally faced, then walk you through how we tried using AI to overcome it. The idea isn't that you'll follow along and replicate our exact methods, but rather that when you finish each article, you'll walk away with a new AI-based technique in your arsenal.
We like to think of it like a TV cooking show of sorts. We might show you a specific recipe and demonstrate techniques for preparing a specific dish, but what we're really all about is helping you learn your way around the proverbial kitchen, showing you how to "cook" with AI so that you can make something great yourself.
Go ahead. Try AI.
About the Authors
PCMag's Brian Westover and Emily Forlini are teaming up for Try AI, bringing together Brian's AI enthusiast outlook and Emily's AI industry expertise to offer well-rounded, smart stories about how to use AI to save you money, reclaim your time, and tame the overload of modern living.
Brian is a long-time tech journalist, writing about everything from laptops and smart TVs to fitness equipment and Starlink in his 14-year career. An early adopter of ChatGPT, he uses AI tools daily, and his position covering laptops has given him a front-row seat for the rapid growth of the AI PC category. His hardware coverage includes testing and reviewing the latest AI-enabled processors and Microsoft's AI-infused Copilot+ PCs. Additionally, he has written about how mankind should tackle AI, how to run free open-source AI models on your laptop, and how to use ChatGPT to code custom bookmarklets.
Emily is a former Big Tech insider turned tech reporter. She reports the AI news for PCMag every day, but is still somewhat skeptical about how much it can add to her own life and wants to explore more. In addition to her daily reporting on AI, she has written PCMag’s first-ever AI chatbot reviews for our roundup of the best chatbots. She has also interviewed famed futurist Ray Kurzweil.