AI Without Fear: A Simple Guide for the Over-60s

AI can make your life easier. Scammers are using it too.

AI Without Fear is a calm, practical guide for people over 60 who want to understand artificial intelligence, try it for themselves and stay safe. No jargon, no rush, and no technical background needed. It is written in large print, with short chapters and a 5-minute exercise at the end of each one.

Inside you will learn how to:

• Have your first conversation with ChatGPT and other AI assistants, step by step
• Ask good questions with a simple three-step recipe: who, what and how
• Use AI to prepare for doctor's appointments, understand test results and organise medications, always with your doctor
• Write loving messages, record family memories, restore old photos and play with the grandchildren
• Recognise cloned-voice calls, fake videos and flawless scam messages
• Set up a family safe word and the "hang up and call back" rule
• Know what never to tell an AI, and which privacy settings to change

Also included

• A 30-day plan, one small step a day
• 50 ready-made questions to copy
• A "Before you send money" card to cut out and keep by the phone
• A page for children and grandchildren on how to help without taking over
• A dedication page, so it makes a perfect gift

Format: eBook, PDF + EPUB, 88 pages, set in a typeface designed for low-vision readers. Instant download after purchase. Read on phone, tablet, computer or e-reader.

About the author: Pedro Bray is a Portuguese musician and entrepreneur and the author of The Next Five Years, about how AI will change everyday life by 2031.