Don't let AI beat you.
You programmed a VCR. You survived dial-up. You figured out the smartphone. You can handle AI too, and we'll show you how, in plain English.
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Made for the generation that played outside
We grew up playing outside till the streetlights came on, respecting our elders, and watching Friends and Cheers. Now AI shows up talking in acronyms, like we're supposed to already know. JumpTheSharkAI.com is here to make sense of it.
Plain talk
Every term gets explained in words you already use. If we can't say it simply, we don't say it.
Straight answers
What AI is good at, what it's bad at, and where it'll steer you wrong. No sales pitch.
Start anywhere
Never opened a chatbot? Perfect. Already dabbling? Also perfect. There are no dumb questions here.
AI, translated
A little taste of what's coming: AI terms, decoded with references you'll actually get.
Prompt
The question or instruction you type into an AI.
Gen X translation: Like asking the reference librarian. The clearer the question, the better the answer.
Chatbot
A program you talk to by typing, and it types back.
Gen X translation: Remember AOL chat rooms? Same idea. Only now the other side is a computer, and it actually answers.
Hallucination
When AI confidently makes something up.
Gen X translation: Like your uncle at Thanksgiving: sounds sure of himself, not always right. Always double-check.
Large Language Model (LLM)
The engine behind tools like ChatGPT and Claude.
Gen X translation: Think of your phone's autocomplete, but it read a library's worth of text first.
AI Agent
An AI that can take actions for you, not just talk.
Gen X translation: Less like a Magic 8-Ball, more like a personal assistant who can actually book the table.
Deepfake
Fake video, photos, or audio made with AI to look real.
Gen X translation: Photoshop grew up and learned to talk. Be skeptical of anything that seems too wild.
Who's behind this?
I'm Dave Chung. I've spent 25+ years in broadcast TV and live events, including six years at TechTV, where our whole job was explaining technology to regular people. I'm Gen X too. I just happen to speak both languages.
Read my storyWhy "Jump the Shark"?
It's the TV term for the moment a show goes too far. Plenty of people feel that way about AI. We think the smarter move is to learn it, use it on your terms, and land the jump.
Two places to hang out
Every good show had a spot where everybody met up. We've got two.
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