Let me guess.
You keep hearing about AI everywhere — at work, in the news, from your kids, on your phone. Everyone seems to have a strong opinion about it. Some people say it's going to change the world. Others say it's going to end it. A lot of people are using it every day without really understanding what it is.
And somewhere in the middle of all that noise, you're thinking: I should probably understand this better. But where do I even start?
That's exactly why I'm here.
You've heard of ChatGPT but aren't sure exactly what it does or how to use it well
You're worried AI might affect your job and want to understand what's really happening
You want to use AI tools but don't know where to start or which ones are worth your time
You've tried reading about AI but the articles feel like they're written for computer scientists
You're curious, a little skeptical, and want someone to be honest with you — not just hype you up
I will never use unnecessary jargon. If a technical term comes up, I will always explain it in plain English before moving on. This blog is for everyone — students, parents, professionals, business owners, retirees, creators. If you're curious about AI, you belong here.
I am not a computer scientist. I am not a researcher at a big AI lab. I am someone who got deeply, genuinely curious about AI — and spent a lot of time reading, researching, testing tools, and trying to make sense of what is actually happening in this space.
I've already built an interactive AI Tools Cheat Sheet that covers 40+ tools with real pricing, pros and cons, and use cases — and published it online for free. I've written in-depth research pieces on the history of OpenAI, the founding of Anthropic, the Trump administration's AI policy, and the ethics debate that is shaping the future of this technology.
What I've found is this: most AI content falls into one of two traps. It's either so technical that normal people switch off — or it's so breathlessly excited that it reads like a sales pitch.
I want to do something different. I want to write about AI the way a genuinely informed, honest friend would explain it to you over coffee.
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I'm publishing every single day for 90 days. Here's what you can expect:
We are living through one of the most significant technological shifts in human history. Not since the internet — maybe not since the printing press — has a single technology had the potential to change how we work, learn, create, communicate, and govern ourselves as fundamentally as AI is about to.
And unlike the internet, this one is moving fast. Uncomfortably fast. ChatGPT went from launch to 100 million users in two months. That's not a product launch — that's a rupture. The companies building this technology are making decisions right now, in boardrooms and government offices, that will shape the world your children grow up in.
You deserve to understand what those decisions are. Not because you need to become a tech expert — but because informed people make better decisions about their own lives, their careers, their businesses, and the society they want to live in.
AI is not going to replace people who understand it. The real divide in the next decade won't be between smart people and less smart people. It will be between people who understand AI and people who don't. This blog is my contribution to closing that gap.
Here's a preview of the first 7 posts so you know exactly what to expect:
If this sounds like something you've been looking for — welcome. I'm genuinely glad you're here.
The one thing I'd ask you to do right now is subscribe. Every subscriber tells me this work is worth continuing. And if you know someone — a friend, a parent, a colleague — who keeps saying "I should really understand AI better" but doesn't know where to start, please share this with them. That's the whole reason this exists.
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Tomorrow we start from the very beginning: What is AI? No jargon. No assumptions. Just a clear, honest, plain-English answer to the question that started all of this. I'll see you then.
— Aniruddha · Founder, DecodeAI with Ani
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