BBC Bristol: Can We Trust AI? Futurist Andrew Grill on Jobs, B&Q, and Using AI Safely
How should we really be using AI in everyday life – beyond treating it like Google with a chat box?
In this BBC Radio Bristol interview, Futurist and tech expert Andrew Grill joins John Darvall to unpack the practical reality of AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot and Claude – and how to turn them into genuine decision and research partners, not just smarter search engines.
In this conversation we cover:
- Why most people are under-using AI by treating it like a search engine
- How to get better answers by adding context and asking deeper questions
- The importance of prompts like “justify your answer”
- How AI can anchor to trusted sources and why that matters for accuracy
- The “snowball effect” of iterating on AI responses to improve results
- Memory in AI chats and when to start a new thread
- B&Q’s partnership with Google AI for DIY and home projects
- Why AI can actually enhance jobs for decorators, designers and other professionals
- Job loss vs. task automation – and how to “slice your tasks, not your job”
- What it means to be “digitally curious” and why that mindset keeps you ahead
If you’re wondering whether you can trust AI, how it will affect jobs, and how to make it work for you rather than replace you, this interview is for you.
