The One Thing Most People Get Dead Wrong About AI

And How To Fix It Like A Boss

Keep thinking, keep prompting, keep iterating!(Image created by me in CS PRO)

Most people are using AI wrong.

They fire up ChatGPT, throw in a half-baked prompt, and expect it to spit out a ready-to-publish book, article, or marketing copy. When that doesn’t happen, they complain, “This thing is crap, it doesn’t work.”

AI isn’t here to do the thinking for you. God forbid we ever get there, we all know what happens in Terminator and Matrix.

That’s the big misconception that’s holding people back from leveraging the power of AI and saving a huge amount of time and headache.

If you want to use AI to create truly valuable content, you’ve got to do the thinking.

Here’s how you have to think about your relationship with AI:

1. You’re The Boss — AI is Just a Tool

AI is not a magic wand that will replace your brain.

Yes, it has a huge knowledge base, but that doesn’t mean it can think for you. It’s a tool. You are the one driving the process.

People get stuck thinking they can tell AI, “Write me a book about neuroscience,” and voilà! — AI will pump out something that’s ready to hit the best-seller list. Nope. What you get is a draft — a…