What led you to start using AI when other people have not yet used it at all?

I'm in the not used it yet crowd, and will likey remain that way for the forseeable future.

I'm old, but not ignorant. I've been working as an expert user for a couple of decades. However, I'm no longer working in high-tech, so the trends and inventions are harder to follow.

I'm aware of AI and have seen the various outputs. I'm just not working in fields currently being explored.

I guess I'll use various implementations of AI without knowing about it - Google search as an example - but not explicitly in my own life.