Ruben Hassid · 6 min read · Gen AI Tools
My mother & Claude.
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An approachable explainer where the author teaches his mom about Claude and AI, clarifying that AI is next-word prediction and how it differs from Google. It offers a simple prompting template and a real-world example (planning an apartment transfer) to show how to use AI in practice, aided by dictation tools. It also touches on training data ethics, the inevitability of tech change, and why sharing the guide matters.
Key Takeaways
- Claude and AI basics: AI is not Google; Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT are examples of generative AI thatPredict next words.
- Simple prompting: use a three-part template to define goal, success criteria, and context, and ask clarifying questions if needed.
- Real-world use case: a structured estate-planning prompt demonstrates practical AI application, supported by a dictation tool to help with typing.
- Ethics and future of work: training data legality/ethics are debated, technology advances are ongoing and can reshape jobs.
Excerpt
Dear , let me introduce you to my mom: Forever chasing being this cool again. She’s a retired pharmacist. So she has no reason to care about AI. But being my ( Jewish ) mom, she wants to understand what her son is teaching to 900,000 readers. And I want to finally answer the question, “ Who’s Claude? ”. (Claude is a French name, I’m French; it checks out) If my mom gets Claude, you will. For my mom, AI is not Claude. It’s not even ChatGPT. AI is just Gemini ( because she has an Android and they are…