If you're not sure AI is for you — this is the post to read
I meet a lot of people who arrive at my sessions with their arms firmly crossed. They're there because someone persuaded them to come, or out of mild curiosity, or just to prove a point. By the end of the session, those tend to be some of my favourite conversations. Because the sceptics often ask the best questions — and when something lands for them, it really lands.
"I'm too old to learn this."
You're not. I meet people in their seventies and eighties regularly who take to AI with genuine enthusiasm. It doesn't require any technical knowledge. If you can type a question, you can use AI. That's genuinely all there is to it.
"I don't trust it."
That's a sensible instinct — and I'd never ask you to abandon it. AI isn't perfect and can sometimes get things wrong. The trick is knowing when to trust it (writing, planning, explaining, organising) and when to double-check (anything factual that matters). I cover this at all my sessions.
"It seems very complicated."
It really isn't. Opening a conversation with an AI tool is simpler than sending an email. You type a question in plain English and it replies in plain English. That's the whole thing. There's no jargon, no command to learn, no manual to read.
"I don't see how it would help someone like me."
This is the one I love most — because within ten minutes I can almost always find three or four things it would genuinely help with. Gardening questions. Letters. Holiday planning. Recipes. Understanding health information. Understanding what grandchildren are talking about. It's remarkably broad.
"What if I break something?"
You can't. There's nothing to break. You type, it replies. Close the window and it's gone. There's no risk, no danger, nothing fragile. Even the most cautious person I've met has relaxed completely once they understood this.
Come along with your scepticism intact
Kevin actively welcomes sceptics at his free library talks. And if anything sparks your curiosity, all of this can be explored in much more depth at one of his workshops afterwards. Bring your reservations — they make for the best conversations.
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