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Before I started diving into AI, I was an up-and-coming stand-up comedian, aspiring TV writer. So, you know, just really just, a creative trying to figure it all out. And, you know, once I started really messing around with these tools, everything became very clear to me. I’ve always been a really hard worker and very disciplined in my craft, but now I was able to do things at a scale that I never imagined was possible. I was just limitless in what I could create. As soon as I could imagine something, I was able to make it, and that was a really good feeling.
Empower yourself
I think as artists we all believe in ourselves, and you have to have that belief because the world, the industry is there to kind of knock you down and make you feel like you aren’t the person that you feel like you are in your heart. And, you have these tools now and it just makes you feel so empowered where you’re like, I have the power of a whole studio now right here on my laptop. Like, I can create 3D worlds, I can create Pixar-type animations, coming up with scripts, coming up with pitch decks, films, making music. There’s so much that you can do now. And, again, to me, it’s all about being empowered, being able to, one, save time, save money, save resources. With these tools, you operate just like an army of a hundred people, and without it, it’s just one person. If there was something that took me maybe a week to do, I could finish it in a day. My output 10x’d. For me, that was, like, amazing because I was like, now I can work even harder. I could do so much more, and I could create so much more comedic material for people to enjoy. And then it created a lot of opportunities for me. So I was able to be featured in Wired magazine, a lot of different press publications and, you know, some some TV spots. It allowed me to be seen as an artist.
Stay in your zone of genius
Using these AI tools just allows you to focus on your zone of genius. You have these great ideas, but I felt like there was a blocker there because you were like, oh, well, you know, if you want to get this meeting with Netflix or whatever, you make a pitch deck or business plan. All these things that, you know, for most creatives, like, that’s just not our necessarily our zone of genius. Like, we can figure it out, but we’d be better served putting our time and effort into creating our art versus doing a document that, you know, people might read, they may not. So now, if somebody’s like, “Hey, make me a pitch deck.” It’s done in seconds, using ChatGPT or whatever model you decide to use. I need a business plan. I need a marketing strategy. Anything that you need that can be written, or thought through, I can now make it and I can get back to doing art, doing my purpose, which is essentially my zone of genius.
Level up your business
For businesses, using AI is, I feel, super important. One, because you now have experts on your staff. So you already have great people working, or that’s granted, you hire great people. But these great people now are empowered, right? So if you’re going out for grants, if you’re, you know, there’s certain RFPs you need to apply to, you know, now you’re making sure that the things that you submit are super on point. And on the side of people that are selling their services, it’s probably going to help the client-freelancer relationship because now you can you can show them, like, very detailed mock-ups or very detailed, you know, ideas of, like, what it is that you’re going to be creating for your client. Versus just like, “Hey. We made something” and they’re like, “I didn’t want this.” You know? Now both parties are upset. One party’s upset because they wasted their time. The other party’s upset because they wasted their money. And, you know, this is something that you might see less of just because, like, we can give you ideas. We can kind of map things out. And then now the collaboration process just becomes a lot more fun and more enjoyable because we’re able to just share ideas a lot easier.