I Just Had to Share This With You
I know this isn't a normal posting day, but I couldn't wait
I got this email the other day from a friend and subscriber, and I still can’t get over it:
For the longest time, AI scared me. I wanted nothing to do with it. A friend used AI for emails, another used it to write a song, but I wasn’t ready to engage with it myself.
Then we talked last fall. You explained AI in a way that finally made sense. More importantly, you showed me ways to use it that I’d never imagined—many of which still make my head spin!
Your article, “How AI Thinks (Without Thinking),” cleared up common myths and answered so many of my lingering questions.
At first, I just played around—writing songs, editing old writings. But now? I’m using AI for real-world things. When I needed to install an electrical appliance, I asked ChatGPT about safety measures, using what I learned from your persona-based approach. It gave me the exact answer I needed—confirmed later by my electrician friend! Just today, I helped a church friend troubleshoot a plumbing issue the same way.
I know I’m only scratching the surface, but I’m exploring AI at my own pace—and your insights have made a world of difference.
(P.S. This email wasn’t AI-generated—but I did let it help with the final edits!)
This is exactly the kind of impact I hoped The Ay-I Guy would have—but I had no idea if it actually would.
Why This Matters More Than Big AI News
Earlier today, I listened to an interview with Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind. He talked about AI solving incurable diseases and transforming the world economy. Those are incredible breakthroughs. But what sticks with me even more is this email.
Because AI isn’t just about the big, history-making advances—it’s about the everyday wins. It’s about regular people using AI to make their lives just a little bit easier, a little bit better. That’s why I started The Ay-I Guy: to make sure these advances aren’t just happening at the top, but that everyday folks get to share in them, too.
So, this article is a thank-you. To you. To every one of you who takes the time to read, comment, and share. Your time and attention are limited, and the fact that you choose to spend some of it here means the world to me.
How Can I Make This Even More Useful for You?
Now that we’ve been at this for a couple of months, I’d love to hear from you. What’s working? What would you love to see more of? I’ll be keeping the two-articles-a-week schedule—mostly practical AI uses, with the occasional deeper-dive education piece—but I want to make sure this space keeps evolving to serve you.
One idea is expanding into podcasting—audio, video, or both. Another is a live, interactive Q&A: Ask the Ay-I Guy, where we tackle real use cases together. Maybe a Discord for more ongoing conversations?
And a quick heads-up: at some point, we’ll have to introduce a paywall for some content. That’s just part of keeping this thing going. But if you’re already subscribed when that happens, you’ll be a free lifetime subscriber—a founder of sorts. This community wouldn’t exist without you, and I want to honor that.
So tell me—how can we make this space even better for you? Comment below or email me at caleb@theayiguy.com. I can’t wait to hear your thoughts.
And again—thank you.
Well done mate, you do great work, keep it up!!
The big impact that A.I. will have - is currently having - isn't so much in the big ticket claims that the Altman's of the world make to justify the billions in development but the affect it's going to have on everyday people, on us.
There is a growing vocal minority who believe the emperor truly has no clothes, that this is a bubble, a dead end, and a waste of resources. From some perspectives they're right - it's certainly a bubble that will eventually pop and take a lot of overleveraged people with it. The fact that they are making unlikely claims that they haven't shown any evidence of being able to achieve though is overshadowing what has already been achieved. This technology is still so new it sparkles and moving at an incredible pace - there are breakthrough implementations still to be discovered using just what is available now. This is society disrupting tech and no-amount of nay-saying is likely to change that; it's up to us to work out whether it will be society uplifting tech, or another step towards a greater corporate dystopia.