New video: AI Sounds Smart—But What Does It Actually Mean?

Mike's take

AI is a great intern and a terrible boss. Let it draft, research, and summarize. You still make the call.

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Jargon, decoded: Open-source model

A model whose weights are released publicly for anyone to use or modify.

In plain English: An AI you can download and run yourself instead of renting it from a company.

Myth: AI is about to replace everyone.

It's replacing tasks, not whole jobs. The people who learn to aim it are the ones pulling ahead, not getting pushed out.

Try this today

Build a reusable checklist for a recurring task. Describe the job once; save the checklist and use it forever.

Try this prompt

I have 30 minutes. Teach me one useful AI skill I can actually use in my work, with a tiny example I can try right now.