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Small Steps with AI

Jill McKinley

AI isn't just a search engine. It can help you think through a hard decision, organize your house, plan your retirement, and sometimes — if you let it — say exactly what you needed to hear. Small Steps with AI is hosted by Jill from the Northwoods, a real person figuring out how this technology fits into real life. No coding. No hype. Just small steps.

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33 episodes

  1. AI Vocabulary, Part Two: MCP, APIs, Agents, and More 33:57
  2. AI Vocabulary Explained in Plain English 37:32
  3. How AI Helped Me Adopt Two Cats 26:17
  4. What Not to Share with AI 31:32
  5. How AI Can Help People With Low Vision 27:37
  6. I Used AI to Plan a Walking Tour of Marquette 30:16
  7. AI Shopping Isn't Magic, But It's Close 18:01
  8. Ask AI Before You Upgrade or Subscribe 37:38
  9. Do You Need a Paid AI Subscription? 16:19
  10. My Real AI Workflow for Books, Podcasts, and Saved Articles 31:59
  11. 23 - The Three Questions I Ask Before Publishing Anything AI Wrote 22:15
  12. 22 - Building a Journal With AI 20:56
  13. 21 - Why Your Chatbot Always Says Yes And Keeps Going 21:00
  14. 20 - I’m Not a Coder. AI Built My Database Anyway 15:47
  15. 19 - AI Literacy 101 - Let the Tool Introduce Itself 15:12
  16. 18 - How I Introduce Myself to Every New AI I Try 15:41
  17. 17 - Continuity and Patterns Are AI’s Real Superpower 23:18
  18. 16 - How to Use AI to Build a Routine That Fits You 19:12
  19. 15 - AI for Hobbies (No Coding Required), A Birder’s Story 20:12
  20. 14 - Campfire vs. Vending Machine — Two Ways to Use AI 21:17
  21. 13 - The AI Prompt That Fixed My Backyard Embarrassment 24:07
  22. 12 -AI Said I Wrote My Review Like I Unloaded a Dishwasher 22:00
  23. 11 - Beyond the Numbers: Using AI for the Retirement Questions 25:09
  24. 10 - AI Gave Me a Cheat Sheet for My Own Worries 17:11
  25. 9 - I Asked AI: Am I Going to Be Okay in Retirement?" 24:43
  26. 8 - Ask AI the Questions You’ve Pondered for Years 17:00
  27. 7 - You’ve Been Using AI for 20 Years and Didn’t Know It 29:31
  28. 6 - Using AI as a Writing Partner — When to Use It, When Not To 17:01
  29. 5 - Slushie Help from AI 12:39
  30. 4 - Do You Need to Be Polite to AI? 13:54
  31. 3 - Pushback On AI Mistakes Explained 30:09
  32. 2 -Four Ways to Talk to AI and Get Real Answers 27:59
  33. 1 - The Night AI Made Me Cry 9:17