June 29
Whether it scares or excites us, artificial intelligence is here to stay. So instead of fighting it, what if we learned how to make it work for our ADHD brains? Unfortunately, even talking about AI is completely out of my wheelhouse, which is why I invited product designer Laura Vig onto the podcast to talk about how we can use AI to improve our lives.
Laura recently got her ADHD diagnosis back in February, which unlocked a new level of understanding and insight into how to best support herself. She learned how to make AI work for her and she's cautiously optimistic about what this technology can do for us in the future.
In our conversation Laura provides a breakdown of AI in really simple terms–what it is, where to start, what tools to use, and all the ways we can use it to help us structure and simplify our lives.
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"I learned this term in my professional career, ‘ambivert’, so I love people and I love talking and being passionate about things and collaborating but then I need my time to myself."
- Laura Vig
"Simplifying things has just really helped. Simplifying things and coming to know I have ADHD, I am just leaning into that right now. It doesn't have to be hard and it doesn't have to have a lot of choice or flexibility. If it works, it works."
- Laura Vig
"Growing up, I just felt different. I felt like I didn't get things the way that other people got them. I felt like everybody knew what to do when the teacher said ‘do this’ and I was waiting for more instruction."
- Laura Vig
- Laura mentions that she was diagnosed with inattentive ADHD in 1990, and the term "inattentive ADHD" was first recognized in the DSM-IV in 1994
- Laura's empathetic nature and desire to bring people together are evident in her work and personal relationships.
- Laura shares her experience with ADHD, including feeling more confident and proud of her brain since her diagnosis.
[21:24 - 39:51] ADHD, AI, and personal growth
- Laura discusses AI and its potential to learn based on input, with the ability to recognize patterns in speech and writing.
- Laura is experimenting with different AI tools, including Bard, ChatGPT, and Pi Pi, and finds Bard to be more recent and chat-like, while Pi Pi feels empathetic and warm.
- Laura also talks about her experience with AI, specifically how it helped her find a dentist that met her criteria of being open on Saturdays and having online booking capabilities.
- Laura is curious about AI in search and its potential impact on SEO.
- Laura expresses concerns about AI's impact on writing and creativity, and hopes to find ways to use it for good.
- Laura discusses the skill of crafting prompts for AI language models, which can create creative and quality results.
Instagram: @why_i_ai
Chat GPT: https://chat.openai.com/
Bard by Google: https://bard.google.com/
Goblin.tools: https://goblin.tools/
Pi Bot Google: Pi Chat Bot
Pi Bot Apple: Pi Apple
