I'm always interested in new technology and I have explored using many new AI tools in the last few years. I don't find most of them very helpful (image generation, video generation, music generation etc.) but I do use general LLMs like ChatGPT semi-regularly. One of the things I use tools like ChatGPT for is researching obscure topics that might be hard to find otherwise on the internet. It can often be a good starting place to get an overview of a topic that doesn't have much information available. This means that before I dive into obscure forum posts and comments I can have a general understanding of something even if there aren't any summary or general articles online. I have also relatively recently been exploring topics like Linux usage and managing home servers that often have very specific problems that likely won't easily find solutions for online. ChatGPT can often point me in the right direction and at least tell me what is going wrong so I can better find answers on the internet. I haven't actually used generative AI much for directly coding with tools such as Copilot or Cursor. I'll occasionally ask something like ChatGPT for advice when something is going wrong that I can't find any solutions to anywhere else, but I don't have much experience with the more specialized tools. With the use cases I have I have found that ChatGPT is often wrong in at least one part of its response and I always verify everything and will use it more as a starting point rather than an end. Instead of copy-pasting and using the code it gives me (which almost never works) I use it to get a more general understanding of the topic so that I can better do it myself or look online at more accurate sources. During this course I don't plan on using generative AI much, although if I am struggling with something more complex I might ask it for direction. I have many concerns with AI usage in an academic setting, mostly around others using it to replace their learning rather than enhancing it. In the end there is not much I can do about that though and I'll focus on making sure that I learn the content and understand it without having to lean on generative AI and rather using it to enhance my learning or productivity.