10 minutes a day — learn AI, use it, and teach others too

1. First change

   Steam and machines

   Late 1700s

   Spinning thread and weaving cloth by hand at home — those jobs passed to the machines in factories. People left their villages and headed for the cities to find work.

2. Second change

   Electricity and factories

   Late 1800s

   Once electricity arrived, work no longer had to stop when evening came. The same goods were made in far greater numbers, and prices came down. Things that only a handful of people used to own reached ordinary homes.

3. Third change

   Computers and the internet

   Late 1900s

   Email replaced letters, and screens replaced notebooks. News from far away and people far away, all from home. Those who learned to use a computer and a mobile phone a little earlier found their work became much easier.

4. Fourth change — now

   AI

   Right now, before your eyes

   This time, the machine understands human language. Ask it something in everyday English and it understands and answers, tidies up your writing, and reads a difficult document and explains it simply.

One thing was the same every time — the world rearranged itself. And those who understood the new thing a little earlier found it easier to move ahead.