This episode is about giving you a clear, simple definition of a word that gets thrown around constantly: AI. You’re hearing it in every commercial, on every app, and in every new feature rollout. But what is it, really? I share a plain-language definition — “software that can guess” — contrast everyday examples of AI with simple automation, and give quick context on where the term came from, how regulating agencies define it, what is meant by “agents” and “AGI”, and how close we realistically are to what Terminator predicted. (Spoiler, not close at all.)

• Creating informed consumers
• “AI is…” exercise
• A colloquial, plain-language definition for AI
• Things That Are AI vs Things That Are NOT AI
• AI as a kitchen sink marketing term
• AI origin story: John McCarthy + the Dartmouth proposal
• Official definitions from OECD and NIST
• Understanding autonomy and “AI agents”
• The forecast on AGI: artificial general intelligence
• How I used ChatGPT this week: bulkhead light and bulb hunt

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• Listen to Ep 4: Overhyped or Underestimated: Is ChatGPT Coming for Your Job?
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• (00:00:00) - ChatGPT Curious
• (00:00:38) - What Is AI?
• (00:03:57) - What is the Definition of AI?
• (00:06:58) - A Taste of AI in 2017
• (00:11:54) - Not AI: What Is It?
• (00:16:53) - AI Agents and the Oxford Dictionary
• (00:23:47) - AI Is Math, Not Scary
• (00:27:49) - Putting a new light bulb in my yard on Chat GPT
• (00:30:26) - Curious About ChatGPT

In this episode I give an introduction to using ChatGPT for content creation with a focus on practical strategies for repurposing your own work. You’ll hear about reverse prompting, using Projects to save instructions, and how to keep your taste and voice at the center of what you create.

• Recent ChatGPT outages and possible reasons
• Experimenting with Gemini and Google’s AI summary tool
• Viewing everything as content
• When using ChatGPT for content creation makes sense
• Suggested steps for creating content
• Picking a format, repurposing content, and reverse prompting
• Utilizing the ‘Projects’ feature
• Recent ChatGPT use: German translator

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• (00:00:00) - ChatGPT Curious
• (00:00:38) - ChatGPT: Introduction to Content Creation
• (00:02:08) - ChatGPT Outage: Are You a Free User or a
• (00:05:05) - ChatGPT Outage: How It Will Disrupt Search
• (00:08:30) - Using ChatGPT for Content Creation
• (00:11:07) - How to Use ChatGPT to Create Social Media Content
• (00:14:33) - How to create social media content in 3 Steps
• (00:17:13) - Introduction to Projects in ChatGPT
• (00:22:14) - Curious Companion: Leaving a Review

In this episode, I dig into whether you can trust ChatGPT, and what that question reveals about trust in general. From model changes and user backlash to the three pillars of trust (benevolence, integrity, competency), I share why double-checking is anon-negotiable and how personal responsibility plays into using AI. We talk about media incentives, misinformation, and why “important” is a slippery, subjective word when it comes to verifying the answers that ChatGPT gives you.

• User reactions and model changes after GPT-5 rollout
• ChatGPT as an assistant for known answers
• What “hallucination” actually mean
• The importance of verifying information
• Trust and misinformation online
• Social media’s role in shaping belief
• Media incentives for clicks over accuracy
• The foundations and four components of expertise
• The three components of trust
• Applying the trust framework to ChatGPT
• Where personal responsibility fits in
• Recent ChatGPT use: Suggestion mode and sentence checks

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• (00:00:00) - ChatGPT Curious
• (00:00:38) - Chat GPT: Can You Trust GPT 5?
• (00:04:26) - Can You Trust ChatGPT?
• (00:10:27) - Can I Trust ChatGPT?
• (00:11:54) - Can We Trust? The Components of Expertise
• (00:14:12) - Three Components to Building Trust
• (00:18:27) - How to Use a Suggestion in Chat Gbt
• (00:20:00) - Curious Podcast: The Curious Companion