Let’s Talk About AI Over Coffee Imagine you’re at a café, explaining AI to a friend who’s never heard of it. You’d skip the jargon and say something like: AI is like teaching a toddler to sort toys. You show them a red car and say, ‘This is a car.’ After a few tries, they’ll point to a blue truck and shout, ‘Car!’—even if they’re not 100% right. AI works the same way: it learns from examples to make guesses (often really good ones). But let’s dig deeper—without putting you to sleep. What Exactly is Artificial Intelligence? AI Defined (For Everyone): AI is a machine’s ability to mimic human-like thinking, learning, problem-solving, and decision-making, without being explicitly programmed for every task. Real-World Analogies: Netflix Recommendations: AI analyzes what you (and millions of others) watch to suggest Stranger Things after you binge Black Mirror. Email Spam Filters : AI learns to flag Nigerian prince scams by spotting patterns in shady subject lines. Fun Fact: The t...