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Ruthann
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How do I use AI in a purposeful way as I enter my field of study?
I know that AI can be used as a tool in studying. I want to use it in a way that is helpful but doesn't affect how I learn.
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Genesys Volunteers
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Remain inquisitive, challenge the boundaries and don’t be afraid to ask others to support, guide, enable and work as a team to help you move forward
Ask as many questions as you have providing as much context possible and iterate as long as needed as you feel you get what you were looking for.
Ask as many questions as you have providing as much context possible and iterate as long as needed as you feel you get what you were looking for.
Riley Moran
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This is a great and forward-thinking question. I really admire the desire to be future-focused while still committing to learning and strengthening your own skill set. I view AI tools the same way - as enhancements, not substitutes for thinking or learning.
One of the most purposeful ways to use AI is to identify where it can help fill in your own gaps. For example, I’m a strong note-taker, but my notes tend to be unorganized. Right after I write them, everything makes sense to me - but when I go back weeks later, I sometimes struggle to remember why I wrote certain things or what my thought process was at the time.
Knowing this about myself, I use AI tools like ChatGPT immediately after a class, meeting, or study session to organize my notes, clarify key ideas, and highlight any gaps I may need to review while the information is still fresh. I also use it to create summaries or visuals that help reinforce my understanding.
Using AI this way allows me to learn more effectively without relying on it to do the thinking for me. Instead, it supports my learning process, helps me stay organized, and ultimately strengthens my understanding of the material.
One of the most purposeful ways to use AI is to identify where it can help fill in your own gaps. For example, I’m a strong note-taker, but my notes tend to be unorganized. Right after I write them, everything makes sense to me - but when I go back weeks later, I sometimes struggle to remember why I wrote certain things or what my thought process was at the time.
Knowing this about myself, I use AI tools like ChatGPT immediately after a class, meeting, or study session to organize my notes, clarify key ideas, and highlight any gaps I may need to review while the information is still fresh. I also use it to create summaries or visuals that help reinforce my understanding.
Using AI this way allows me to learn more effectively without relying on it to do the thinking for me. Instead, it supports my learning process, helps me stay organized, and ultimately strengthens my understanding of the material.
Jane Akinyemi
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Hi Ruthann,
I appreciate the fact that you want to maintain originality through your course of study, Here is my bit about your question:
Think of AI as a helpful guide, not a replacement for your own effort. It can help you understand ideas better, practice what you've learned, and come up with new ideas. But it’s important to still do your own work and check facts from trusted sources.
Here are some simple ways to use AI wisely in your studies:
1. Understanding, not replacing: Use AI to explain difficult topics in simple words or with examples. Then, review your textbooks or notes to really learn the material.
2. Practice and feedback: Ask AI to quiz you or create practice questions. This helps you test your knowledge actively instead of just reading summaries.
3. Brainstorming: When starting a project or essay, AI can suggest ideas or questions. You can then develop these ideas with your own thinking.
4. Staying organized: Use AI to plan your study schedule, summarize notes, or find better ways to study. This saves time and keeps you focused on learning.
5. Seeing different views: Ask AI to show different opinions on a topic. This helps you compare ideas and develop your own point of view.
6. Keep learning real: Don’t let AI do your homework. Use it to guide you, but always check facts and do your own work to truly learn.
7. Deeper learning: Use AI answers as starting points. Spend time practicing or thinking about the topic yourself to understand it better.
For example, if you study biology and want to understand photosynthesis, instead of asking AI to explain it directly, you could ask for simple analogies. Then, quiz yourself on the steps to see how well you remember. This way, AI helps you learn actively, not just take shortcuts.
I hope this helps, wising you all the best.
Dr. Jane Akinyemi
I appreciate the fact that you want to maintain originality through your course of study, Here is my bit about your question:
Think of AI as a helpful guide, not a replacement for your own effort. It can help you understand ideas better, practice what you've learned, and come up with new ideas. But it’s important to still do your own work and check facts from trusted sources.
Here are some simple ways to use AI wisely in your studies:
1. Understanding, not replacing: Use AI to explain difficult topics in simple words or with examples. Then, review your textbooks or notes to really learn the material.
2. Practice and feedback: Ask AI to quiz you or create practice questions. This helps you test your knowledge actively instead of just reading summaries.
3. Brainstorming: When starting a project or essay, AI can suggest ideas or questions. You can then develop these ideas with your own thinking.
4. Staying organized: Use AI to plan your study schedule, summarize notes, or find better ways to study. This saves time and keeps you focused on learning.
5. Seeing different views: Ask AI to show different opinions on a topic. This helps you compare ideas and develop your own point of view.
6. Keep learning real: Don’t let AI do your homework. Use it to guide you, but always check facts and do your own work to truly learn.
7. Deeper learning: Use AI answers as starting points. Spend time practicing or thinking about the topic yourself to understand it better.
For example, if you study biology and want to understand photosynthesis, instead of asking AI to explain it directly, you could ask for simple analogies. Then, quiz yourself on the steps to see how well you remember. This way, AI helps you learn actively, not just take shortcuts.
I hope this helps, wising you all the best.
Dr. Jane Akinyemi
Erin King
Marketing
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Erin’s Answer
Hi there! 👋 I love this question, because using AI with purpose, not just because it’s trendy, is truly what will set you apart as you enter your field.
I work in marketing, and our world has changed fast with the rise of AI. When I started, I was doing everything manually: writing copy from scratch, building reports by hand, brainstorming ideas on my own, designing in tools that feel ancient now. Today, AI is woven into almost every part of the process, but the key is using it to enhance your strengths, not replace them.
Here are a few ways to use AI purposefully as you begin your studies and career from the perspective of a marketing professional:
1. Use AI to explore ideas, not to think for you
AI is amazing for brainstorming: headlines, concepts, visual styles, even audience insights. Treat it like a creative partner that sparks new directions.
But always bring your own voice, judgment, and taste to the final work. That’s where you shine.
2. Let AI handle the boring parts
In marketing, that might be:
* transcribing interviews
* summarizing research
* organizing data
* pulling competitive insights
* creating draft outlines
This frees you up to do the fun, uniquely human parts: storytelling, strategy, design, and building connections.
3. Train yourself to ask great questions
Using AI purposefully is less about knowing the tools and more about knowing how to prompt them. If you can clearly articulate what you’re trying to solve, AI becomes incredibly powerful. If you can’t, it just delivers generic content.
4. Stay grounded in your craft
Whether your field is marketing, design, business, or something else, AI will evolve, but your fundamentals will matter forever. Creativity, communication, critical thinking, and empathy are skills that will carry you through any wave of technological change.
5. Treat AI as something you collaborate with
Not a shortcut. Not a substitute. When you bring your perspective + AI’s speed and range together, that’s when the magic happens.
AI isn’t here to take away what makes your work meaningful, it’s here to amplify it if you use it with intention. Enter your field with curiosity, learn the tools without losing your own voice, and you’ll be ahead of 90% of people already.
I work in marketing, and our world has changed fast with the rise of AI. When I started, I was doing everything manually: writing copy from scratch, building reports by hand, brainstorming ideas on my own, designing in tools that feel ancient now. Today, AI is woven into almost every part of the process, but the key is using it to enhance your strengths, not replace them.
Here are a few ways to use AI purposefully as you begin your studies and career from the perspective of a marketing professional:
1. Use AI to explore ideas, not to think for you
AI is amazing for brainstorming: headlines, concepts, visual styles, even audience insights. Treat it like a creative partner that sparks new directions.
But always bring your own voice, judgment, and taste to the final work. That’s where you shine.
2. Let AI handle the boring parts
In marketing, that might be:
* transcribing interviews
* summarizing research
* organizing data
* pulling competitive insights
* creating draft outlines
This frees you up to do the fun, uniquely human parts: storytelling, strategy, design, and building connections.
3. Train yourself to ask great questions
Using AI purposefully is less about knowing the tools and more about knowing how to prompt them. If you can clearly articulate what you’re trying to solve, AI becomes incredibly powerful. If you can’t, it just delivers generic content.
4. Stay grounded in your craft
Whether your field is marketing, design, business, or something else, AI will evolve, but your fundamentals will matter forever. Creativity, communication, critical thinking, and empathy are skills that will carry you through any wave of technological change.
5. Treat AI as something you collaborate with
Not a shortcut. Not a substitute. When you bring your perspective + AI’s speed and range together, that’s when the magic happens.
AI isn’t here to take away what makes your work meaningful, it’s here to amplify it if you use it with intention. Enter your field with curiosity, learn the tools without losing your own voice, and you’ll be ahead of 90% of people already.
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Genesys’s Answer
Do one thing! Watch a video or inquire about your field and one ai tool that is making an impact. Next learn about that tool. Small steps!
Leverage it to help you gain best practices, embed it in your repeatable habits, and have it challenge/test you.
Leverage it to help you gain best practices, embed it in your repeatable habits, and have it challenge/test you.
Genesys Volunteers
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Genesys’s Answer
- To raise your confidence and challenge your assumptions.
- Use AI to enhance your research
- To accelerate your learning.
- Keep your focus on tech trends with particular interest in AI for success.
- Use AI to enhance your research
- To accelerate your learning.
- Keep your focus on tech trends with particular interest in AI for success.
Wong Loke Yuen
Head of Programme cum Senior Lecturer
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Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
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Wong’s Answer
Hi Ruthann. The most effective way to integrate AI is to let it enhance your understanding, clarify confusion, and offer structure and resources, while still ensuring that you remain the one doing the intellectual work.
You can ask AI to break hard topics into smaller steps or give examples that make sense to you. This way, you get the support you need while still learning how to understand the material on your own. If you're stuck on a problem, try asking AI for a hint or the first step instead of the full solution. This keeps you in control of the learning process.
AI can also help you study more effectively. You can ask it to make practice questions, quiz you on important ideas, or help you build a study schedule. These kinds of tasks help you stay organized and focused without replacing your own effort. You can also show AI your notes, explanations, or writing and ask it for feedback. This helps you improve your work while keeping your original thinking at the center.
As you move deeper into your field of study, AI can help you see the bigger picture. It can explain how certain ideas are used in real-world jobs, summarize research, or give you an overview of new developments in your field. This can help you understand why what you're learning matters. Still, it's important to read original sources and practice working with real materials so you build your own knowledge and confidence.
You can ask AI to break hard topics into smaller steps or give examples that make sense to you. This way, you get the support you need while still learning how to understand the material on your own. If you're stuck on a problem, try asking AI for a hint or the first step instead of the full solution. This keeps you in control of the learning process.
AI can also help you study more effectively. You can ask it to make practice questions, quiz you on important ideas, or help you build a study schedule. These kinds of tasks help you stay organized and focused without replacing your own effort. You can also show AI your notes, explanations, or writing and ask it for feedback. This helps you improve your work while keeping your original thinking at the center.
As you move deeper into your field of study, AI can help you see the bigger picture. It can explain how certain ideas are used in real-world jobs, summarize research, or give you an overview of new developments in your field. This can help you understand why what you're learning matters. Still, it's important to read original sources and practice working with real materials so you build your own knowledge and confidence.
Genesys Volunteers
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Genesys’s Answer
Maximize your understanding and application of AI to enhance all of your opportunities and don't limit any possibilities.
Use AI to assist you in gathering data, but always analyze the information with your own perspective.
Use AI to assist you in gathering data, but always analyze the information with your own perspective.