I often think about tools as an extension of ourselves. There have been studies on how, if you take somebody who's been using a hammer their whole life and scan their brain while they're using it, they almost treat it as part of them—as an extension of themselves.
The AI tools I'm building are therefore an extension of myself. When I'm working on these tools, to some extent I am also working on myself, because the tools I use are an extension of me.
It allows me to be a Swiss army knife. I can ask it to go do something and then go work on something else. For example, I have an AI due diligence tool that will generate a 20- to 40-page industry report for me in 30 minutes. If I think about how much I can personally get done, then having AI do things in parallel is an extension of what I'm capable of doing.
On one hand it feels extremely empowering, because we can get more done. On the other hand it can feel overwhelming, because our brains are not used to this throughput of information and tasks. I therefore spend a lot of time slowing down, rethinking, and reorganizing, because starting too many things I can't follow up on correctly doesn't help me. There's a lot to balance, but once we get used to these AI tools being an extension of ourselves, it'll feel like we're a carpenter who's been using a hammer their whole life.
