‘Talk to me like I’m a seventh grader’: How this CEO uses AI to cut time spent on family tasks from 8 hours to 2

Carrol Chang, CEO of Andela, a company that connects businesses with technical talent to help them implement AI, has found a way to reduce the time she spends managing household responsibilities. The New York-based mother of three has created AI agents to organise her family’s schedules, track school emails and plan meals, according to a report by Business Insider.

Chang said managing work and family responsibilities became particularly difficult during the first year of her second child’s life, despite having a supportive husband and a stable senior position at work.

AI agents help manage children's schedules

Chang said the responsibility of managing family calendars, collecting sick children from school or daycare, organising holiday gifts and booking family trips had become overwhelming.

With three children involved in different school and sports activities, coordinating their schedules often required considerable planning. She previously had to check Google Maps, calculate travel times and decide whether to take the subway, bus, walk or use a taxi service to reach each sporting event.

She also had to account for travel time and make sure there was enough of a buffer to arrive before a game. When the children's schedules clashed, she and her husband had to decide who would attend each event.

Her AI agent now handles much of this work, including planning journeys and adding events to the family calendar.

'Talk to me like I'm a seventh grader'

Chang said she is not an engineer and needed guidance to set up the AI tools. She asked AI to explain the process in simple terms and provide instructions one step at a time.

“Talk to me like I'm a seventh grader and teach me step-by-step what I should do in order to accomplish this task,” Chang was quoted as saying by Business Insider.

By following the instructions in two open browser windows, she was able to set up the agent to manage her children's sports schedules.

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