The AI Pocket Book

4 When to use (and not to use) AI

This chapter covers

• Questions that can help you decide whether to build a certain AI-based product
• Questions that can help you decide whether to use conversational AI as an assistant for a certain task and the challenges that may arise
• Caveats before writing software as an LLM wrapper so that an LLM does the heavy-duty work under the hood

This chapter includes a short checklist to use when determining whether AI will work well for you. The list contains seven questions, which I hope can help you unveil the challenges and opportunities of using AI. The first three questions are framed within the context of building an AI-based, production-level product, such as a travel-planning app based on a large language ...