Our AI
Our AI is a human story about artificial intelligence, offering a seat at the table for anyone curious, cautious, or already in deep.
The AI Book for People Who Don't Want to Read About AI (but kind of do)
When I discovered ChatGPT, I didn't study it, I just used it, depended on it, built my work around it. Like millions of others, I jumped in without understanding what I was getting into.
Then the headlines got darker, AI blackmailing researchers, jobs disappearing overnight. Something that felt helpful suddenly felt... complicated.
Our AI isn't another tech explainer. It's a personal story about what happens when you fall for something you don't fully understand and then realise you need to.
As an Australian community development worker, I've spent my career helping people find their voice in decisions that affect their lives. When AI started reshaping everything, I recognised a familiar pattern: big promises up front, while early consequences start appearing (some jobs already disappearing, data centres straining resources, opportunities concentrating in fewer hands). I've seen this before in other systems, and I know where it leads if communities don't have a voice. Our AI combines that professional insight with my personal stumble into the AI world.
My journey reads less like a textbook and more like a conversation with a friend who's trying to make sense of the same headlines you are. And it's my real journey. I don't just stay in the world of algorithms and chatbots. I follow the trail from a rural Queensland caravan park to cobalt mines in Congo, from city sewers to satellites orbiting Earth, from community meetings to corporate boardrooms. It's unpredictable, sometimes funny, always honest, and it connects dots you might not expect.
This isn't about doomsday predictions or technical jargon. It's about recognising patterns, asking better questions, and finding your voice in conversations shaping our future, with or without us.
This book is your invitation.
This book is your invitation. AI is here whether we like it or not. The question isn't whether to engage, but whether we just get swept along or have a say in how it shapes us. This is my story of figuring that out, and an invitation for you to do the same.
I have a feeling that we all share the same mix of possibility and... something else. If you're like me, just trying to get your head around AI, wondering what it means for your job, your family, your life - then we're in this together
Felicity Hill
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I'm an Australian community development worker who has spent my career helping people find their voice in decisions that affect their lives. I've seen how systems can either empower communities or leave them carrying burdens they never signed up for. When AI began reshaping everyday life, I recognised familiar patterns, promises followed by communities navigating consequences alone. Our AI combines my professional insight with personal exploration in a warm, conversational style.
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This book blends research, lived experience, and reflection. It’s based on real conversations, events, and public information available at the time of writing. It’s not technical. It’s human.
And it’s told in my own voice, because I believe this is our AI moment and it belongs to all of us.
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Our AI is part memoir, part investigation, my journey from AI enthusiast to informed sceptic, unpacking headlines and discovering patterns that might sound familiar once you see them.
This isn't a how-to guide. It's an invitation to see the patterns, make your own connections, and decide where you stand in the conversation shaping what comes next.
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This book was written on Turrbal and Yuggera Country, and recorded and produced on Yugambeh Country, Brisbane, Australia. I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of these lands and pay my respects to Elders past, present, and emerging.
Written and narrated by Felicity Hill. Recorded and produced by Brisbane Audiobook Production 2025.
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