{"id":5246,"date":"2026-08-04T13:12:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T07:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/?p=5246"},"modified":"2026-08-09T13:17:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T07:47:58","slug":"ai-quick-start-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/2026\/08\/ai-quick-start-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"AI &#8211; Quick Start Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the past few months, many folks have asked me: &#8220;How do I get started with AI? What can I do with it?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They weren&#8217;t looking to build apps or write code. They also didn&#8217;t know that it can offer practical help with everyday tasks &#8211; planning a trip, composing a message, understanding a medical report, organizing their week, or learning something new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I&#8217;ve put together a simple one-page &#8220;AI &#8211; Quick Start Guide&#8221; to help you get started:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/NB-AI-QuickGuide-2026-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"AI - Quick Guide infographic\" class=\"wp-image-5247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/NB-AI-QuickGuide-2026-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/NB-AI-QuickGuide-2026-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/NB-AI-QuickGuide-2026-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/NB-AI-QuickGuide-2026.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are new to AI &#8211; or know someone who is &#8211; download the ChatGPT or Google Gemini app, and start experimenting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Feel free to share this with colleagues, friends and family who may find it useful. And, feedback is most welcome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I hope this helps someone take their first step into the world of AI&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few months, many folks have asked me: &#8220;How do I get started with AI? What can I do with it?&#8221; They weren&#8217;t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[7,26,11],"class_list":["post-5246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-life","tag-resources","tag-technology"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5248,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5246\/revisions\/5248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}