# guide ai (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover guide ai. Page: Feed: --- ## [Talking to Your School About AI: Questions to Ask, Rights to Know, and How to Opt Out](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/talking-to-your-school-about-ai.html) _2026-08-11 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ You have the right to ask your school what AI tools your child is using, how their data is protected, and whether you can opt out. Here are the questions to ask and what to do with the answers. ## [AI and Teen Mental Health: What Parents Need to Know Right Now](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/ai-and-teen-mental-health.html) _2026-08-07 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ AI is reshaping what teenagers see, how they compare themselves, and who they talk to when they're struggling. The research is still catching up. Here's what we know now. ## [An Age-by-Age Guide to AI: Different Conversations for Different Stages](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/age-by-age-guide-to-ai.html) _2026-08-04 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ The conversation about AI is different for a seven-year-old, a twelve-year-old, and a seventeen-year-old. Here's what matters at each stage: the risks to emphasize, the tools to know about, and how to pitch the conversation. ## [AI as an Accessibility Tool: What Parents of Children with Learning Differences Need to Know](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/ai-and-accessibility-learning-differences.html) _2026-07-31 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ For students with dyslexia, ADHD, autism, and other learning differences, AI tools can be genuinely transformative, not as a shortcut but as a way to access learning that was previously harder to reach. Here's what parents need to know. ## [Who Owns AI Art? Copyright, Ownership, and AI: What Families Need to Know](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/copyright-ownership-and-ai.html) _2026-07-28 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ When your child uses AI to create an image, write a story, or compose music, who owns the result? What can they share or publish? And what should schools be telling students about AI and creative work? ## [AI Scams Targeting Families: Voice Cloning, Fake Emergencies, and What to Do](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/ai-scams-targeting-families.html) _2026-07-24 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ AI can now clone voices from a short audio clip. Scammers are using this to impersonate children in distress and convince grandparents to wire money. Here's what these scams look like and how to protect your family. ## [The AI Your Kids Are Already Using, Without Knowing It's AI](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/hidden-ai-your-kids-are-already-using.html) _2026-07-21 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ Before your child ever opens ChatGPT, they've already been shaped by AI: in their TikTok feed, their Snapchat filters, their game recommendations, and the autocomplete on their phone. Here's what that actually means. ## [Do It By Hand First: A Method for Keeping Critical Thinking Alive in the Age of AI](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/do-it-by-hand-first-critical-thinking.html) _2026-07-18 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ There's a habit I've used for twenty years to learn hard things at work: solve it by hand, write down how, script the parts that repeat, and only automate once I truly understand it. It turns out that same order, do the work first and hand it off last, lines up with a lot of what we know about how durable understanding forms, and with the kind of thinking AI makes it dangerously easy to skip.… ## [Is Using AI Cheating? What Schools Actually Expect (And How to Find Out)](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/academic-integrity-what-schools-actually-expect.html) _2026-07-17 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ "Is AI cheating?" is the wrong question. The right question is what your child's specific school expects for each specific assignment — and how to find out before something goes wrong. ## [When Your Child's Best Friend Is an AI: Companions, Chatbots, and Emotional Dependency](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/ai-companions-and-emotional-dependency.html) _2026-07-14 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ Apps like Character.ai are designed to feel like relationships. For some children, that's genuinely useful. For others, it becomes a problem. Here's what parents need to know. ## [Recipe PDFs Ready Fast (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/9AK6OR6E4w02) _2026-07-14 · **Sponsored**_ Turn online or personal recipes into clean, printable PDFs in seconds. ## [I Asked Claude to Build a Real Tool in an Evening — Here's Exactly How, Including What Went Wrong](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/building-a-tool-with-claude-blurscan.html) _2026-06-30 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ You keep hearing that "AI can build software now." That's true, and it's also more complicated than the headline. So I asked Claude to build a real, working tool — a photo-blur scanner — and it did. I didn't write a line of it. I kept every prompt, then had Claude analyze its own build. Here's the whole thing: the prompts I typed, the decisions I made, the night it quietly accomplished nothing,… ## [What If Your Child Is the One Making Deepfakes](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/if-your-child-is-making-deepfakes.html) _2026-06-29 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ Post 9 covered what to do if your child is a victim of deepfakes. This post covers the harder conversation — what to do if your child is the one creating them. ## [Try It Yourself: What Twelve Posts About AI Taught Me About Parenting in the Age of AI](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/try-it-yourself-series-wrap-up.html) _2026-06-24 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ Twelve posts. Twelve weeks of practical AI guidance for parents. Here's what the series covered, the challenges it raised, and the through-lines that connect it all. ## [Part 12 - Keeping Up When AI Changes Every Month: Five Resources Every Parent Should Bookmark](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/keeping-up-when-ai-changes.html) _2026-06-23 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ AI changes fast. This final post gives you five resources to bookmark so you can stay current without spending more time on it than you have. ## [Part 11 - Writing Your Family AI Agreement: A Step-by-Step Guide](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/writing-your-family-ai-agreement.html) _2026-06-22 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ After ten posts building your own understanding of AI, you're ready to have the family conversation. Here's how to write an agreement your children will actually follow. ## [Part 10 - Recognizing Bias in AI Answers: A Skill Every Parent Can Learn](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/recognizing-bias-in-ai-answers.html) _2026-06-21 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ AI produces the most common answer, not the most accurate one — and "most common" reflects whose voices dominated its training data. Here's how to recognize bias and teach your children to do the same. ## [Part 9 - Deepfakes Are Real: What Parents Need to See to Understand](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/deepfakes-are-real-what-parents-need-to-know.html) _2026-06-20 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ Deepfakes — AI-generated fake images, video, and audio — are already being used to harm people. Here's what parents need to understand, and what to do if something goes wrong. ## [Part 8 - AI for Busy, Overwhelmed, or Differently-Abled Parents](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/ai-for-busy-and-differently-abled-parents.html) _2026-06-19 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ AI's accessibility features aren't just for students. Here are four concrete ways AI can help parents with translation, summarization, planning, and drafting. ## [Part 7 - School AI vs. Home AI: What Every VSB Parent Should Understand](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/school-ai-vs-home-ai.html) _2026-06-18 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ The school version of Copilot and the home version share a name but operate under very different rules. Here's what VSB parents need to know. ## [Part 6 - Using AI as Your Personal Research Assistant](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/ai-as-personal-research-assistant.html) _2026-06-17 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ AI is genuinely useful for learning tasks: summarizing documents, explaining concepts, and generating questions. Here are three concrete things to try this week. ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hLfK9eIpXj8s) _2026-06-17 · **Sponsored**_ Connect your repo and deploy instantly — Railway handles config, scaling, and monitoring. ## [Part 5 - How to Spot AI Mistakes Before Your Kids Don't](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/how-to-spot-ai-mistakes.html) _2026-06-16 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ AI mistakes look identical to correct answers. This post gives you a simple routine for catching errors — one you can use yourself and teach to your children. ## [Part 4 - Your Privacy Checklist: What Never to Share With AI](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/privacy-checklist-what-not-to-share-with-ai.html) _2026-06-15 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ Before you spend much time with AI tools, there's one thing you need to understand: what you type doesn't always stay private. Here's what to know and what to check. ## [Part 3 - ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity: A Plain-Language Comparison for Parents](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/ai-tools-comparison-for-parents.html) _2026-06-14 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ A plain-language guide to the five AI tools your children are most likely to encounter — what each one does, who made it, and which one to try first. ## [Want to Build an AI Guide for Parents in Your Province or Territory? Here's Where to Start.](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/building-a-provincial-ai-guide-for-parents.html) _2026-06-14 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ A Parent's Guide to AI was written for BC. Most of it applies across Canada — but school policies, privacy laws, and local resources vary by province. Here's a practical roadmap for building a version specific to where you live. ## [Part 2 - What AI Actually Is (And Why That Matters for Parents)](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/what-ai-actually-is.html) _2026-06-13 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ AI works like a very sophisticated autocomplete — it predicts words, it doesn't think. Understanding this changes how you respond when your child brings home AI-assisted work. ## [Part 1 - Before You Talk to Your Kids About AI, Try It Yourself](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/try-it-yourself-before-you-talk-to-your-kids.html) _2026-06-12 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ The best way to guide your children through the AI era is to try these tools yourself first. Here's how to get started in five minutes. ## [Introducing A Parent's Guide to Artificial Intelligence](https://blog.parentsguidetoai.ca/introducing-the-guide.html) _2026-06-10 · Yvan Boily · A Parent's Guide to AI_ Introducing A Parent's Guide to Artificial Intelligence — a free, plain-language resource for BC parents navigating AI in schools and at home. ## [AI had a good week. Here's what's worth your time](https://guidesofai.substack.com/p/ai-had-a-good-week-heres-whats-worth) _2026-05-15 · Guides of AI · Guides of AI_ Week in Review - May 15 ## [How to let AI write your meeting recaps for you](https://guidesofai.substack.com/p/how-to-let-ai-write-your-meeting) _2026-05-14 · Guides of AI · Guides of AI_ Tool Spotlight: Fireflies.ai ## [How to become your team's AI resource in 10 minutes](https://guidesofai.substack.com/p/how-to-become-your-teams-ai-resource) _2026-05-14 · Guides of AI · Guides of AI_ One Thing to Try: Team AI Briefing ## [Ship everywhere from one CLI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/wJsDhquMfY8B) _2026-05-14 · **Sponsored**_ One codebase, hosted runners, encrypted credentials, and automated submissions across stores ## [6 Non-Obvious AI Opportunities for Real Estate Agents Right Now](https://guidesofai.substack.com/p/6-non-obvious-ai-opportunities-for) _2026-05-13 · Guides of AI · Guides of AI_ And no... we aren't talking about AI helping write listing description ## [One AI feature saves you 5 minutes every single session](https://guidesofai.substack.com/p/one-ai-feature-saves-you-5-minutes) _2026-05-12 · Guides of AI · Guides of AI_ AI Tips & Tricks - Claude ## [AI just upgraded this week. Your plan already includes it.](https://guidesofai.substack.com/p/ai-just-upgraded-this-week-your-plan) _2026-05-11 · Guides of AI · Guides of AI_ This Week in AI News ## [Claude Tips & Tricks - Lesson 2](https://guidesofai.substack.com/p/claude-tips-and-tricks-lesson-2) _2026-04-21 · Guides of AI · Guides of AI_ Tell Claude who you are before you ask anything ## [One Thing to Try This Week](https://guidesofai.substack.com/p/one-thing-to-try-this-week) _2026-04-16 · Guides of AI · Guides of AI_ Literally, all you have to do is TRY ## [Tool Spotlight: Granola (AI Note-Taking)](https://guidesofai.substack.com/p/tool-spotlight-granola-ai-note-taking) _2026-04-15 · Guides of AI · Guides of AI_ The AI meeting notes app that doesn't join your call ## [Claude Tips & Tricks - Lesson 1](https://guidesofai.substack.com/p/claude-tips-and-tricks-lesson-1) _2026-04-14 · Guides of AI · Guides of AI_ You already know how to use AI