I was an AI skeptic until these 5 tools changed my mind

DaryaDanik/Getty Images It's taken me a while to come around, but I've become a fan of certain AI tools -- when used for specific purposes. I've even found some of those tools to be very helpful throughout my day (so much so that I haven't used Google's search engine in weeks). That, my friends, is refreshing. How I got here was a bit circuitous. I started out 100% against AI but then I realized I was against AI when used as a shortcut for things like writing and other artistic endeavors. Once I realized AI was very good at helping me research different areas (where I'd previously used a search engine), I adopted it into my process. Also: How I made Perplexity AI the default search engine in my browser When I'm working on something, if I need to understand a concept (such as the weight of NASA's Crawler), I'll use AI. Inevitably, when I get my answer, there are other rabbit holes to follow, which leads to me learning something. I love to learn. But what tools am I using, and how ... Read full article.