Hi Sarah. Thanks for the insightful post. I am a developer since last 7 years. Your post resonated with me. I have often noticed that behavior where if AI is getting me 50% there, I hesitate to use that & instead prefer writing everything on my own. This is preventing me from making it an habit.
It reminds of math concept of local optimum not being equal to global optimum.
One thing, I have done to make using AI a habit is to buy the plus subscription for these products. I am inherently value conscious, so if I am paying for it, I use them more often. Hopefully that becomes a habit.
Great post, Sarah. While many believe AI will overshadow core human capabilities, I see it differently - I think AI will challenge us to embrace creativity as our true edge. Entrepreneurs sit at the heart of this intersection, where creativity meets innovation. For me, exploring truly creative applications of AI will be one of the most exciting and impactful areas to focus on.
Great post, Sarah. While many believe AI will overshadow core human capabilities, I see it differently - I think AI will challenge us to embrace creativity as our true edge. Entrepreneurs sit at the heart of this intersection, where creativity meets innovation. For me, exploring truly creative applications of AI will be one of the most exciting and impactful areas to focus on.
Great article, Sarah – but shouldn’t we aim for a middle ground? The advantage your dad has is that he kept training his brain over time and stayed dynamic in problem-solving.
I think it’s the same with AI: we need to keep asking ourselves questions like, Is this satisfying? How does it work? How can I improve it? …
In short, we need to keep using our brains and critical thinking – which will undoubtedly be a key differentiator in society in the coming years.
Just like the average attention span of students in higher education today…
You might want to connect with Shubham Sharma to gather some interesting insights.
Although the technology changes, the psychology of using the technology never seems to change. The advice at all times is jump in with both feet.
As somebody already said, I've been referring notebookLM to the most skeptical of those friends that don't seem to want to embrace the new technology wave. However for me personally, a person that did programming in some outdated language such as C or even assembly, the abilities to use LLMs to code out a program in Python from pseudo code is a game changer. If for any reason there was some time in your life you did programming, using an AI agent like Claude or Deepseek can save untold frustrations in trying to learn a new syntax. It is allowed me to code up new utilities that I would have never coded because I simply didn't want to go back and relearn a language.
Hi! I am a course architect at a nonprofit dedicated to AI literacy (Women Defining AI) in addition to working at an AI startup (Glean). Would love to chat about how and where I use AI anytime! Message me on LinkedIn :)
https://notebooklm.google/ is amazing. Refreshingly helpful for those who invest in early stage AI and need to stay on top of new research. Sounds just like a real podcast imo.
Two things I do as a solopreneur using AI to build a company and product
[1] Maximize context generation
A frame I've found helpful is imagining I'm onboarding an expert on the topic I'm working on. However, the expert has amnesia every few minutes. What do I need to catch them up? Sometimes it's a strategy memo. Other times it's a wireframe or a screenshot of a tool I'm using. Just being in the habit of writing my working thoughts or even just rambling to voice mode and re-summarizing helps.
[2] Minimize friction to invoke LLMs
I use the desktop apps for chatgpt and claude and liberally screenshot or even screenshare with Gemini 2's live mode and talk through what I'm working on.
Hi Sarah. Thanks for the insightful post. I am a developer since last 7 years. Your post resonated with me. I have often noticed that behavior where if AI is getting me 50% there, I hesitate to use that & instead prefer writing everything on my own. This is preventing me from making it an habit.
It reminds of math concept of local optimum not being equal to global optimum.
One thing, I have done to make using AI a habit is to buy the plus subscription for these products. I am inherently value conscious, so if I am paying for it, I use them more often. Hopefully that becomes a habit.
Great post, Sarah. While many believe AI will overshadow core human capabilities, I see it differently - I think AI will challenge us to embrace creativity as our true edge. Entrepreneurs sit at the heart of this intersection, where creativity meets innovation. For me, exploring truly creative applications of AI will be one of the most exciting and impactful areas to focus on.
Great post, Sarah. While many believe AI will overshadow core human capabilities, I see it differently - I think AI will challenge us to embrace creativity as our true edge. Entrepreneurs sit at the heart of this intersection, where creativity meets innovation. For me, exploring truly creative applications of AI will be one of the most exciting and impactful areas to focus on.
Great article, Sarah – but shouldn’t we aim for a middle ground? The advantage your dad has is that he kept training his brain over time and stayed dynamic in problem-solving.
I think it’s the same with AI: we need to keep asking ourselves questions like, Is this satisfying? How does it work? How can I improve it? …
In short, we need to keep using our brains and critical thinking – which will undoubtedly be a key differentiator in society in the coming years.
Just like the average attention span of students in higher education today…
You might want to connect with Shubham Sharma to gather some interesting insights.
Perhaps -- I do think though the first step is to master the tools, and then figure out how to not let them master you.
Although the technology changes, the psychology of using the technology never seems to change. The advice at all times is jump in with both feet.
As somebody already said, I've been referring notebookLM to the most skeptical of those friends that don't seem to want to embrace the new technology wave. However for me personally, a person that did programming in some outdated language such as C or even assembly, the abilities to use LLMs to code out a program in Python from pseudo code is a game changer. If for any reason there was some time in your life you did programming, using an AI agent like Claude or Deepseek can save untold frustrations in trying to learn a new syntax. It is allowed me to code up new utilities that I would have never coded because I simply didn't want to go back and relearn a language.
Hi! I am a course architect at a nonprofit dedicated to AI literacy (Women Defining AI) in addition to working at an AI startup (Glean). Would love to chat about how and where I use AI anytime! Message me on LinkedIn :)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandhyasimhan
https://notebooklm.google/ is amazing. Refreshingly helpful for those who invest in early stage AI and need to stay on top of new research. Sounds just like a real podcast imo.
Two things I do as a solopreneur using AI to build a company and product
[1] Maximize context generation
A frame I've found helpful is imagining I'm onboarding an expert on the topic I'm working on. However, the expert has amnesia every few minutes. What do I need to catch them up? Sometimes it's a strategy memo. Other times it's a wireframe or a screenshot of a tool I'm using. Just being in the habit of writing my working thoughts or even just rambling to voice mode and re-summarizing helps.
[2] Minimize friction to invoke LLMs
I use the desktop apps for chatgpt and claude and liberally screenshot or even screenshare with Gemini 2's live mode and talk through what I'm working on.