This will work for Illustrator Versions 26.4.1 and earlier. Adobe made updates in 2023 leading to very small changes from the method shown in this video.

In this video, you can learn how to take an image and quickly turn it into a set of outlines that look like you traced around it with a pen. This method is much faster than using the pen tool and is great for very complex shapes. This method is best suited for vector images and will not work well with photos.