Artificial-Intelligence

Article Banner — This image is AI generated, looks great right! I suck at Canva (imagine that) The ideal topic would have been: The Secret Life of ChatGPT: What 700 Million Users Reveal About AI but that feels too “AI” generated. (another but …) but first Nerds for Stats Category Statistic Adoption 700M weekly active users (WAU) by July 2025 (~10% of world’s adult population) Message Volume 18B messages per week (~2.5B per day) by July 2025 Growth Factor 5× increase in daily messages between Jul 2024 and Jul 2025 Work vs Non-Work (Jun 2024) 238M non-work (53%), 213M work (47%) per day Work vs Non-Work (Jun 2025) 1.91B non-work (73%), 716M work (27%) per day Main Usage Categories Practical Guidance, Seeking Information, Writing = ~80% of all conversations Writing Use 40% of work-related messages; ⅔ editing/critique/translation vs ⅓ generating new text Tutoring/Education ~10% of all messages Programming 4.2% of all messages (contrast: ~33% of Claude’s work-related conversations) Relationships/Companionship 1.9% (personal reflection), 0.4% (games/role play) Interaction Types Asking = 49%, Doing = 40%, Expressing = 11% Work-Specific Breakdown 56% of work-related = Doing; ~75% of those are Writing tasks Work Activities (O*NET) 81% of work use = (1) getting/interpreting info, (2) making decisions/solving problems/creative thinking Demographics – Gender Early (2022): ~80% male names. By Jun 2025: 48% male, slight female majority Demographics – Age ~50% of all messages from users <26 years old Geography Faster growth in low- and middle-income countries Economic Value Estimated consumer surplus ≥ $97B in 2024 (U.S. alone) Oooh and if you hate numbers, I have some good graphs for you … ...

I had some good time playing around with Google’s NotebookLM, and I remembered there’s this project I do with Green World Campaign Kenya, that is somehow really hard to explain to normies(non technical people). So … Here’s something that may help … What is AIRS? The abbreviation? Sure, it’s Automated Incentives for Regenerative Stewardship Now, what really is AIRS? Automated Incentives for Regenerative Stewardship (AIRS) is an initiative that leverages satellite technology, on-ground observations, blockchain, and smart contracts to transparently reward Kenyan farmers for regenerative land stewardship, transforming their environmental achievements into tradeable digital assets. ...