10 Ways To
Use AI To Make Everyday Tasks A Little Easier
A
spate of new tools use machine intelligence to help users manage their time,
calendar, and personal life.
1. WRITE BETTER EMAILS, BOOMERANG FOR GMAIL
What’s
the likelihood that your email will receive a reply? This add-on will tell you,
based on subject header, reading level, and length. It also helps schedule
follow-up reminders.
Bonus
features: Fifteen
dollars a month adds further analysis, such as evaluating an email’s politeness
and positivity before you hit send.
2. FOCUS YOUR MIND, BRAIN.FM
This
desktop and mobile music app creates ambient sound to help users concentrate on
a task, meditate, or sleep. Brain.fm modulates the rhythm and frequency of the
AI-generated music based on cognitive research. Five free sessions.
Bonus
features: Unlock
unlimited and offline use for $6.95 a month or $49.99 a year.
3. CREATE KILLER PRESENTATIONS, BEAUTIFUL.AI
Users
can overcome PowerPoint anxiety–and avoid slide-deck hell–with this free app,
which offers more than 50 templates, including comparison charts. It also
observes the rules of good design and adjusts slides as you add content.
Bonus
features: Beautiful.AI
offers a stock-image gallery that isn’t embarrassing.
4. TRACK TIME, TIMELY
It’s
hard to bill hours manually and gauge how long it takes to complete a project.
Timely follows the docs and apps you or your team work on and then presents its
assessments for approval.
Bonus
features: A
solo account starts at $8 a month, for tracking three projects; a company-wide
account is $250 annually.
5. POST BETTER PICTURES, LISA
Which
picture of your avocado toast will get the most Instagram likes and attract
more followers? Lisa chooses the best photo among ones you select to determine
which will fare better.
Bonus
features: After
scrutinizing an image, Lisa generates hashtags that can be added to a post to
further boost its potential to be seen.
6. SCHEDULE A MEETING, CLARA
Include
“Clara,” a virtual executive administrator, on email correspondence when trying
to set up a meeting and this AI-as-a-service (which starts at $99 a month)
works with all parties to book it.
Bonus
features: Clara’s
dashboard lets users preset preferred meeting times, who calls whom, when to
send a confirmation, and more.
7. FIND A JOB, GLOAT
Gloat
looks at a user’s résumé or LinkedIn profile and offers tips for increasing job
matches. Its machine-learning capability also suggests openings and adapts to
feedback, narrowing results.
Bonus
features: By
accessing your contacts, Gloat can look for connections to employment opps.
Users can also search anonymously.
8. READ THE NEWS MORE CRITICALLY, CIVIKOWL
Add
this Google Chrome browser extension and CivikOwl will scan news you’ve chosen
to read, assessing the relative quality and political bias of articles and
offering additional perspectives.
Bonus
features: A
CivikOwl icon will pop up on Facebook articles people share in your feed (from
certain sources). CivikOwl for Twitter is due soon.
9. EAT SMARTER, FITGENIE
FitGenie
lets users set health goals–such as weight loss or building lean muscle–and
recommends meals (and how to make them), adjusting its suggestions to
customers’ tastes.
Bonus
features: You
can try the food log, which reveals your fat, carb, and protein intake, before
signing up for a $10-a-month subscription.
10. GET THROUGH CUSTOMS, BORDERWAIT.NET
This
site uses machine learning to analyze historical data from U.S. Customs and
Border Protection to predict how long it’ll take to get through customs at more
than 40 U.S. airports.
Bonus
features: Users
can specify exact terminals, arrival date and time, and resident status to get
a more accurate assessment.
BY DAVID LIDSKY
https://www.fastcompany.com/40547840/10-ways-to-use-ai-to-make-everyday-tasks-a-little-easier?utm_source=postup&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Fast%20Company%20Daily&position=9&partner=newsletter&campaign_date=04262018
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