A Calm, Practical Guide to ChatGPT and Everyday Artificial Intelligence After 60
Learn what AI actually is, how to ask it for useful things, and when to check its work before you trust it.
5.5 × 8.5 in, 108 pages, posted to you. ISBN not yet issued
EPUB, reads on any e-reader, phone or tablet. ISBN 979-8-90623-687-6
About 2h 17m, narrated in full. ISBN 979-8-90623-688-3
For adults over 60 who are curious about AI, tired of being talked past, and want to try it on their own terms without buying anything.
It is not a technical manual or a product comparison, and it gives no medical, legal, or financial advice; it points you to a qualified professional instead.
Frank spent forty years as a plumber and two years avoiding the whole subject of artificial intelligence, all because of one word: algorithm. Then his daughter told him it simply means a set of steps, followed in order. "Oh," he said. "Steps. I've been following steps my whole life."
That is what this book does, chapter after chapter. It sets the plain word next to the fancy one until the fancy one loses its teeth.
You will learn what these tools really are: programs that have read an enormous amount of writing and become very good at predicting which words come next. Wonderful for anything made of words. Never trusted, on their own, for anything that has to be true. From there you get a ten-minute quick start, your first genuine back-and-forth with a free tool, and the five parts of a request that turn vague answers into useful ones.
Twelve chapters cover everyday tasks, learning almost anything at your own pace, handling health and money and legal questions wisely, photos and voice, the confident wrong answer, privacy, scams that borrow AI's polish, and family history projects you keep meaning to start.
About 25,000 words, with warm chapter illustrations throughout. At the back: a 30-Day AI Confidence Plan of one small step a day, ten prompts worth keeping, reusable request frames, an anti-scam script, a support circle worksheet, a note for the family helper, a quick-reference card for the drawer by your screen, a short glossary of only the words you will actually meet, and plain-language sources.
No new gadget. No subscription. No eye-rolling. Just the two or three ideas that make the whole thing click, handed over plainly.
Every chapter, with the sentence it opens on.
This isn't a course and there's no test. It's thirty small, specific invitations, one a day. Each doable in fifteen minutes or less, each building quietly on the last. Skip days freely. Repeat any you liked. If you fall off for a week, just start again at the day you reached. The only wrong way to use this is to turn it into pressure.
Real pages, at the size they print. In the paperback these are black and white; the cover keeps its colour.
Copy these out, print them, or keep them in a note on your phone. They are yours to use.
I'd like help with [what you want]. It's for [who], and here's what you should know: [context about your situation]. Please keep it [limits — length, tone, reading level, things to avoid], and give it to me as [shape — a list, a letter, a checklist, a plain explanation].
Fill in only the parts that matter that day. Two are often enough.
If it clears 1 and 2, use it freely. If not, confirm before you rely on it or repeat it.
"I don't make urgent decisions on the spot. I'm going to hang up and call back on a number I already have. If this is real, it will still be real in five minutes."
Pair it with your family safe-word: agree on one private word that any true emergency call must include. No word, no money, no action.
You don't have to do any of this alone. Fill in one name per ring.
Free to read
All 12 chapters: what each one opens on, the questions it answers, and the one small thing to do when you have finished it. About 21,500 words in the book itself.
The book’s own sources, printed here in full.
The tools and features described here change quickly, and details like menu names, settings, and prices will drift after this book is printed. Treat anything time-sensitive as something to confirm at the source. These organizations are trustworthy places to start for current, plain-language guidance:
Because this book touches on privacy, scams, and the edges of health and financial questions, its guidance on those points should be checked against current sources near the time you act, and any decision about your health, money, or legal rights belongs with a qualified professional, not a chat window. The principles here are built to age well; the specifics of any fast-moving tool are not, so verify those as you go.
| Series | Practical Guides for Life After 60, book 1 of the series |
|---|---|
| Imprint | The Greenlight Guides Editorial Team |
| Length | 21,500 words, 12 chapters |
| Extent | about 108 pages (estimated from the manuscript, not a proof) |
| Size | 5.5 × 8.5 in (140 × 216 mm) |
| Illustrations | 15, full-page illustrations |
| Listening time | 2h 17m |
| ISBN, ebook | 979-8-90623-687-6 |
| ISBN, audiobook | 979-8-90623-688-3 |
| ISBN, paperback | not yet issued |
| Language | English (en-US) |
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