AI safety for normal users
Simple rules for chatbots and image tools if you are not an engineer and not trying to become one.
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Goal
Use a consumer AI chatbot without handing it passwords, private documents, or anything you would not put on a postcard.
This is literacy for ordinary users. It is not career advice and not a prompt-engineering course.
- Assume the vendor may store or review prompts. Treat the box like email to a company.
- Never paste passwords, one-time codes, bank details, or unreleased work documents.
- Turn off training / “improve the model” if the product offers that toggle.
- Do not trust medical, legal, or tax answers. Use them as a draft, then check a real source.
- If a tool asks to connect your mail or drive, skip it unless you understand what it can read.
Steps
Stub. Keep the tone non-expert.
Pitfalls
Done
- Training / data-share toggle is set the way you want.
- You can name three things you will not paste into a prompt.