TULSA, Okla. — Cheryl Wilburg spent years watching capable people talk themselves out of trying artificial intelligence. The excuses were familiar: the technology was for engineers, the outputs sounded robotic, or some version of the Terminator was waiting at the end of the learning curve. So she built a business around removing those excuses one class at a time.
“There are a lot of people who think that AI is bound and determined to take over the world,” Wilburg said. “So obviously that makes it a little scary and intimidating. Also, they may have played with it once or twice with ChatGPT or something else and gotten answers. But the answers are not in their voice. They’re not clear, they’re not specific, so they think that it’s not for them.”
Wilburg and co-founder Carol Lackey launched Clear AI out of Tulsa to address exactly that gap. The training company offers two live classes, a $39 beginner session for people who have never touched an AI tool and a $59 next-level course for those who want to put the technology to practical use. Classes run in person in Tulsa, with Zoom sessions planned to reach students in Guthrie, Enid, and out of state…