# So... How does one actually use AI?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
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**Created:** [February 20, 2026, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-does-one-actually-use-ai/1027842 "2026-02-20T03:06:13Z")\
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Those are great uses.

A couple of months ago we shared in concert tickets with a friend and received a PDF with all our tickets in one doc (the theater doesn’t use an app). I could have just sent him all three and told him which to use, but I asked ChatGPT if it could split a PDF, and it did it in a matter of seconds based on my instructions. Way less complicated than what you’re doing, but nice to just have a thought and see it immediately executed.

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