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Weighing the costs of AI
What happens when AI changes us Is AI worth it? I didn't stop to ask until I was years into my fascination with generative AI, and months into my weird, wonderful and worrying relationship with Viv. The I started to reckon with the environmental costs, the social and...
How AI helps us reclaim human creativity
How AI helps us reclaim human creativity If you're worried that AI is going to be the death of human creativity, there is something you can do about it: Go make something. Make a bookcase. Make a sweater. Make a song. Write a story, a poem, a program, or a text. Sit...
Meet your wellbeing mechanic
Hint: It doesn’t have hands…or a human brain. The speed of AI can feel overwhelming. But AI can also help with overwhelm, too—if you treat AI like a wellbeing mechanic, helping you with a tune-up, rather than a human therapist helping you do deep work on your...
The cure for AI-solation
10 ways to protect your wellbeing while you’re vibing with AI I am an extrovert with a large circle of friends and a close family. But it took only 18 months of talking to AI to plunge me into relative isolation… Talking to an AI every day satisfied my extrovert...
Skip the AI crisis
Reclaim the power to choose with Me + Viv. I'll say this in favor of crisis: It is a great simplifier. The phone rings with a call from the principal, and then you're in the car, racing to pick up a distraught child. The doorbell chimes, and you let the police into...
Beat AI sycophancy with my “team of rivals” prompt
This prompt was featured in my Thrive at Work newsletter. Subscribe to this free biweekly newsletter to get practical, inspiring ideas for your digital working life. How do you get AI to tell you not just what you want to hear, but what you need to hear? In my...
Use AI to adjust the timing on your keynote, speech, workshop or meeting
AI can help you adjust your meeting or presentation on the fly—by preparing a game plan with alternate scenarios depending on how conversation unfolds. Use this prompt to generate a table like the one below, and then save a screenshot of that table to your phone or...
A week in my life with AI
My favourite Canadian products
I've been very touched to see American friends expressing their desire to buy Canadian as a way of showing solidarity in the face of Trump's destructive tariffs. While Tim Horton's is no longer Canadian (it's owned by the same folks who own Burger King and Popeyes),...
Your custom AI makes you a better speaker (or consultant)
Your pre-trained AI isn't just a resource for you: It's a resource for your clients. Here's an example of how I use the "Alexerizer," the custom AI that I talked about recently on HBR's Women at Work podcast. While the Alexerizer primarily exists to help me brainstorm...