In this episode:

• How Teresa started documenting her own AI use cases at home and work


• Why starting with “low-stakes” personal experiments helps build confidence


• Practical ways to use AI at home — from planning meals to analyzing public data


• Using AI as a thought partner vs. a fully automated agent


• Balancing privacy, data safety, and creativity at work


• How everyday AI use builds critical skills like context management, bias awareness, and human-in-the-loop decision-making

Key Quotes:
“I’m trying to write things that only I can write — that’s my guiding writing light right now.” — Teresa

“The more we use AI, the more we learn what it’s good at, what it’s not good at, and where context becomes a limitation.” — Teresa

“It’s a safer playground — we can build our toolbox at home before bringing those lessons to work.” — Petra

Resources & Links:

• Follow Teresa Torres: https://ProductTalk.org


• Follow Petra Wille: https://Petra-Wille.com

Mentioned in the episode:

• Josh Seiden’s Learn AI With Me, A 30-Day Sprint
  Teresa’s blog series: 15 Ways to Use AI at Home (and Fill Your AI Product Toolbox) and 21 Ways to Use AI at Work (And Build Your AI Product Toolbox)


• Context window


• Midjourney


• Sora


• Product at Heart Conference


• Hallucination (artificial intelligence)


• AI bias


• Context is King - All Things Product Podcast episode


• Agentic AI


• Claude by Anthropic


• ChatGPT by OpenAI


• Claude Code


• Readwise


• Ghost