https://myaibook.net/ Reader questions, answered honestly. Plain English, no hype, candid about cost. en-au Tue, 05 May 2026 23:37:39 GMT https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-05-06-spot-ai-images-vs-real-photos.html https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-05-06-spot-ai-images-vs-real-photos.html Stop relying on the picture itself. The visual giveaways are unreliable now. The honest answer is provenance, context, and a reverse image search, in that order. Wed, 06 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-05-06-stop-chatgpt-em-dashes.html https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-05-06-stop-chatgpt-em-dashes.html Three places to fix it: an end-of-prompt one-liner, ChatGPT's custom instructions, or a Custom GPT for editing. None catches every dash, so a final find-and-replace closes the gap. Wed, 06 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-05-04-learn-and-teach-with-ai.html https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-05-04-learn-and-teach-with-ai.html Five end-user tools in the right order get you from cold to slides in a long evening. The hard part is not the workflow; it is making sure polish doesn't outrun understanding. Mon, 04 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-05-04-ai-that-remembers-you.html https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-05-04-ai-that-remembers-you.html The friction of explaining yourself disappears, and that is bigger than it sounds. Three tiers from simple ChatGPT memory through Custom GPTs and Claude Projects to agents. The honest catch: none of it ports across vendors. Mon, 04 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-05-04-image-text-garbled.html https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-05-04-image-text-garbled.html Most AI image generators were trained on photos and art, not on writing, so the older or art-focused ones still mangle letters. The reliable text-friendly tools are Ideogram and ChatGPT's image generator. Use those for anything with words on it. Mon, 04 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-05-04-trustworthy-doc-assistant.html https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-05-04-trustworthy-doc-assistant.html Yes, you can. The hard part is not getting AI to read the documents. The hard part is knowing when the answer is trustworthy, when the documents disagree, and when the answer is not in the material at all. Mon, 04 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-05-03-world-without-trusted-media.html https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-05-03-world-without-trusted-media.html We are already partway into that world, and most of it is less dramatic than the headlines. The medium stopped being the proof, so we are going back to an older habit: trust the source, not the file. Sun, 03 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-05-02-ai-for-music-and-audio.html https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-05-02-ai-for-music-and-audio.html Three different questions in one. AI is genuinely useful for organising a music collection and for restoring or mastering tracks you own the files of. Most 'AI hifi' marketing is noise, with one real exception worth paying extra for: room correction. Sat, 02 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-05-01-ai-for-weight-loss.html https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-05-01-ai-for-weight-loss.html AI does not change the underlying job, but it removes the friction from the bits most people give up on. MyNetDiary's photograph-your-plate logging is the single biggest unlock; a Custom GPT becomes a useful weekly sounding board after that. The calorie numbers are estimates, not measurements, and AI is not a clinician. Fri, 01 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-05-01-recipes-from-fridge-photo.html https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-05-01-recipes-from-fridge-photo.html Photo of the fridge into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini gets you five real dinners in seconds, and the same trick on the liquor cabinet returns cocktails (more reliably, because the bottles are labelled). For an ongoing recipe collection, a Custom GPT or Claude Project beats most dedicated apps in 2026. Fri, 01 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-05-01-live-translation-app.html https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-05-01-live-translation-app.html Almost certainly Google Translate, Apple Translate on an iPhone, or ChatGPT or Gemini in voice mode. All four are free, none is exotic, and the right pick depends on her phone and how long the conversations need to be. Fri, 01 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-04-30-tidy-up-messy-computer-files.html https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-04-30-tidy-up-messy-computer-files.html Regular chatbots cannot reach into your folders. An agent like Claude Cowork can, but you should start with one painful folder, work on a copy, and never give it access to your whole drive on day one. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-04-30-ai-for-kids-curiosity.html https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-04-30-ai-for-kids-curiosity.html For kid-curiosity questions, voice mode matters more than which model is winning the leaderboard. Use the chatbot that matches the family phone, turn voice mode on, and switch off training-on-input. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-04-30-restore-old-family-photos.html https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-04-30-restore-old-family-photos.html Generative chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini will keep redrawing your dad's face because that is what they are built to do. For face-faithful work you need a different category of tool: Remini, Photoshop's Photo Restoration neural filter, or Topaz Photo AI. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-04-30-memoir-of-parents.html https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-04-30-memoir-of-parents.html AI does not write the memoir, but it makes everything around the writing tractable. A six-week workflow: interviews captured with Otter, sources organised in NotebookLM, drafting in Claude, editing in ChatGPT, your voice on every page. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-04-30-mum-chatgpt-or-gemini.html https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-04-30-mum-chatgpt-or-gemini.html For me, the answer is Claude. For your mum, the answer depends on which phone she has and whether she lives in Gmail. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-04-30-ai-meeting-minutes.html https://myaibook.net/questions/2026-04-30-ai-meeting-minutes.html It is not magic. An AI note-taker like Otter or Fireflies joins the call, transcribes in real time, and emails you a summary with action items the moment you close the laptop. The catches: the summary is a draft not the truth, and in Australia you need to tell the other participants. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT