Hastings Meets AI: Neighbors in a High-Tech Future

Hastings is embracing the age of AI with open arms and common-sense caution. From classrooms where teachers use ChatGPT as a creative teaching tool to local farms and businesses leveraging smart tech, our community is learning to work with AI, not against it. Discover how educators, healthcare workers, farmers, and shop owners in Hastings, MN are using artificial intelligence to enhance (not replace) what they do best – all while keeping our famous small-town heart and humanity at the center. This in-depth guide shares local voices, practical examples, and hopeful tips for thriving alongside our new high-tech helpers.