In this episode of How I AI, I’m sharing key updates, must-know AI news, and a personal reflection on what I would do differently if I were starting my AI journey today.

You’ll hear about a powerful research paper on the future of work with AI agents, why the U.S. government just invested hundreds of millions into AI companies, and the viral YouTube interview that breaks down which jobs are at the highest risk of automation.

This solo episode is for anyone who feels behind, overwhelmed, or unsure how to begin using AI in a way that actually fits your business, energy, and creative goals.

🔍 Episode Highlights

• Why the Department of Defense awarded $800 million to OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and xAI
• The Stanford, MIT, and Georgia Tech study on which tasks humans want AI to take over.. and which ones we don’t
• Jobs most at risk of AI replacement based on Geoffrey Hinton’s latest interview
• A simple strategy to define your first step with AI (instead of chasing tutorials)
• What I’ve learned helping creatives, founders, and small business owners use AI with intention
• Announcements about the podcast expanding to YouTube, an upcoming Miami event, and a new listener format

🧰 Resources Mentioned

📺 Watch: Geoffrey Hinton on The Diary of a CEO
📄 Read: Future of Work with AI Agents Study
📢 News: Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI granted up to $200 million for AI work from Defense Department
📅 Local Miami in-person event on August 7. (Follow on social media for details.)

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This week on “How I AI” I’m joined by Natalia Tkacheva, AKA Meta Muse, an AI artist, FemTech founder, and the creative force behind one of the most visionary avatar platforms being built today.

Based between Bali and Dubai, Natalia is helping shape the next era of identity, content, and automation with AI-powered digital avatars and agents that create, post, and even sell on your behalf 24/7.

From her Soviet manufacturing roots to vibe coding her business with her voice, this episode dives deep into what it really means to build the future through consciousness, creativity, and scalable automation.

If you’ve ever dreamed of scaling your personal brand without being on camera, launching a product without a full team, or turning your digital essence into a media presence.. this one will expand your entire perspective.

🎧 Tune in now to explore a future where your avatar can build, post, sell, and even teach without you lifting a finger.

🔥 Topics We Cover:

• How Natalia’s creating a one-stop platform to build and launch an AI avatar-led brand
• What it means to vibe code and build tech using your voice and intention
• Why she believes cloning consciousness is the next frontier of digital legacy
• How her avatar agency helps creators automate content, marketing, and monetization
• The philosophy behind “delay your impermanence” and live infinitely through tech
• Her bold predictions for multi-metaverses and the future of FemTech + AI

🧰 Tools Mentioned in This Episode:

AI Creation & Content Tools:
Midjourney, ChatGPT, Telegram bots, Pinterest (for vision boarding), Gabit Ring (biometric tracking)

Automation & Avatars:
Custom AI agents, voice-based vibe coding systems, Natalia’s proprietary avatar platform

📲 Connect with Natalia (Meta Muse):
Instagram: @nataly_tkacheva

Telegram: https://t.me/m/uqAO0FZDZTYy

Stay tuned—her full international AI avatar platform is launching soon.

Other Concepts Mentioned:
DigitalDNA Labs (legacy & grief AI)

Natalia’s Telegram Neuro photo AI Avatar Bot

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In this week’s episode of How I AI, I’m joined by Emaan Faith aka Faith the Creator, a self-taught visual artist and creative technologist who transitioned from painting murals around the world to building digital education platforms for the AI age. Faith shares how tools like Midjourney and HeyGen helped her scale her art career, how she automates social content using AI agents, and why authenticity is the only competitive edge that will matter in the future of digital presence.

This conversation explores how Faith is creating GetEducated.ai, her take on tokenization and blockchain as the next essential layer of creative credibility, and what it means to build in public while staying human in an increasingly automated world.

🔥 Topics We Cover:

• How Faith used Midjourney to scale her mural business and save hours on ideation
• What happened when she replaced herself on camera with an AI avatar
• The challenges of staying focused in an ever-evolving AI landscape
• Why she’s building GetEducated.ai to teach niche-specific AI skills
• The platforms she tried before landing on Framer and Circle for community
• Where she sees the future of education, regulation, and digital identity heading

🧰 Tools Mentioned in This Episode:

• Avatars + Voice: HeyGen, 11 Labs
• Learning Platforms: Kajabi, Go High Level, WordPress, LMS plugins
• Design + Web: Framer, Canva, Adobe Firefly
• Community: Circle, Skool
• Payment + Integrations: PayPal, Stripe, APIs
• Automation + Agents: Genspark
• Video + Try-Ons: Google Veo3, Google Virtual Try-On
• AI Tool Discovery: ProductHunt.com

🔗 Connect with Faith:
• Education platform: https://geteducated.ai
• Instagram: @faith.creator

Extras Mentioned in the episode:

• Faith’s vlog
• Canva AI Model Hack
• Liam Ottley AI Skool

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In this episode, I’m joined by Erik Faz Jurgensen, a visionary developer and one of the most creative builders I’ve met. Erik has worked across Web3, government tech, and AI innovation, often managing more than 20 projects at a time. He taught himself to code using YouTube and hands-on experimentation.

This conversation explores what it means to “vibe code,” why Erik avoids full YOLO-mode with agents, and how he built an AI assistant that manages a whole team of task-specific AI agents. If you’ve ever wondered how to go from gamer to full-stack AI-enhanced dev, this one is for you.

🔥 Topics We Cover:

• How Erik taught himself to code without a CS degree
• His journey from gamer to solo dev with a profitable freelance business
• Vibe coding: what it means, why it works, and how AI accelerates everything
• How Erik built an AI agent team using Relevance AI and n8n
• Why developers should say “yes first, learn later” in the AI age
• What people are still sleeping on when it comes to AI adoption

🧰 Tools Mentioned in This Episode:

• Learning: YouTube, Stack Overflow, ChatGPT
• Coding + IDE: Cursor, GitHub
• Voice + Media: 11 Labs, Leonardo AI
• Models: GPT-4, Claude, Gemini (Google X), xAI (Twitter)
• Low/No-Code Platforms: n8n, Relevance AI
• UI Tools: Bolt.new, Lovable.dev, v0.dev

📚 Mentioned Book:
Who Not How by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy

🎥 Tutorial Discussed:
Relevance AI: Build an AI Agent Team (YouTube)

🔗 Connect with Erik:

• Portfolio: https://portfolio-erik.vercel.app/
• Twitter/X: @erikfazj

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In this episode, I’m joined by Lucas Lorenzo Peña, a systems thinker, Creative Technologist, and AI Builder. Lucas sits at the intersection of strategic design, innovation frameworks, and emerging AI tools. This conversation dives deep into how AI is shaping the way we think, not just the way we work.

We explore how tools can be extensions of our thought processes, how engineering mindsets can drive creative innovation, and why resilience in the age of AI is less about learning every tool and more about learning how to think across systems. If you’ve ever wondered how to bridge artistic vision with technical skill, or how to build future-ready infrastructure for the ideas in your head, this one’s for you.

🔥 Topics We Cover:

• How AI tools are helping Lucas prototype and refine complex ideas
• Lucas’s approach to creative problem solving through systems thinking
• The difference between art, design, and engineering in the AI era
• Why learning to “vibe code” isn’t enough, and how to build a real foundation
• His strategy of “backcasting” and imagining from the future backwards
• Why staying adaptable with tools matters more than mastering any one platform

🧰 Tools Mentioned in This Episode:

• For thinking + writing: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek
• For coding + prototyping: Python, JavaScript, LLaMA
• For organizing ideas: Notion

Contact Lucas:

LinkedIn: lucaslpena
Substack: traverseinspace

🔗 Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Future of Education Instagram
• Lego + Generative AI Article on LinkedIn
• Traverse-in-space Website

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In this episode of "How I AI," I sit down in Bali with Umer Hadeed - Innovation Architect, Serial Entrepreneur, and co-founder of The Collective AI. But rather than a tech-heavy breakdown, this conversation goes deeper. We explore the mindset shift required to adapt in the age of AI, how history mirrors today’s digital revolution, and what it means to raise families during this unprecedented time of change.

Whether you’re a founder, a freelancer, or a parent navigating what to teach the next generation, Umer offers a grounded, big-picture perspective. We unpack the emotional friction many feel, why tech stacks are constantly evolving, and how automation is redefining the value of human work. If you’ve been craving a thoughtful, human-centered take on this AI wave, this episode is for you.

What We Cover:

• How Umer entered the AI space after years in engineering, e-comm, blockchain, and creative tech
• The role of community and connection in accelerating AI adoption
• Why AI isn’t eliminating jobs - it’s displacing them, and what that means for your next move
• Raising kids in an AI-first world: mindset, responsibility, and opportunity
• How to future-proof yourself in a world of constant change

Tech + Tools Mentioned:

ChatGPT – for text generation and automation

Claude – for deeper, nuanced LLM queries

11 Labs – for advanced AI voice and audio generation

DeepSeek – for research and deep summarization

Make.com – for low-code automations across platforms

n8n – open-source workflow automation

Zapier – no-code tool for connecting apps and automating tasks

Connect with Umer:

LinkedIn – Umer Hadeed

Instagram – @umerhadeed

The Collective AI

Links + Resources:

My AI Starter Guide
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Hi there, I'm back with a solo episode of “How I AI,” and this time, I’m recording straight from Bali. I just wrapped up a 5-day AI Mastermind hosted by The Collective, and I’m giving you an inside look at the most forward-thinking tools, creative experiments, and automation breakthroughs we explored together.

From building AI influencers and launching digital twins, to experimenting with no-code tools and automation agents, this episode is a rapid-fire debrief of what’s happening at the edge of the AI creator economy. I also share highlights from each speaker.

🎧 Tune in to learn what’s happening in real time…and what’s coming next.

🔥 Topics I Cover:

• What it’s like to attend an immersive AI mastermind
• The future of AI influencers, digital avatars, and Web3 automation
• How to build smarter workflows using N8N and Make
• The future of digital avatars and building your own AI influencer

🧰 Tools Mentioned in This Episode:

• Voice + Audio AI: ElevenLabs, Resemble AI
• Visual + Creative: Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, Kling AI
• Virtual Styling: Kolors Virtual Try-On
• Chat + Prompting: ChatGPT
• Automation Systems: N8N Assistant GPT
Make.com, Apify, Emergent, Vortex AI
• Web + UI Design: Framer, Google Stitch, Bolt, Lovable.dev

Links + Resources:

My AI Starter Guide
InKind Affiliate for $25 Off

AI Agents Emergency Debate (YouTube)
My 5-Minute Summary via Eleven Reader

👤 Speakers Featured in This Episode:

• Faith the Creator – Visual artist and AI educator on using Midjourney, Firefly, and product-aligned AI influencer content
• Lucas Lorenzo Peña – Creative technologist and founder sharing his “Futures Wheel” GPT prompt for product acceleration
• Natalia (MetaMuse) – Metaverse architect and avatar developer who helped us build digital twins inside Telegram
• Erik Faz Jurgensen – No-code pioneer on automation stacks, vibe coding, and building at the speed of instinct
• Umer Hadeed – Serial entrepreneur demoing N8N and Make automation with his son’s faceless AI YouTube channel
• Jonathan Foltz – Co-founder of The Collective, blending exponential growth systems with mindset and conscious AI leadership

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In this week’s episode of “How I AI”, I’m joined by Elena Nikiforia, founder of Supercharged AI, a fast-scaling newsletter for entrepreneurs navigating the AI revolution. Elena has grown her email list from 200 to over 35,000 subscribers in under a year and she’s just getting started.

🎙️ Elena shares how she uses AI agents, automation tools, and custom GPTs to streamline her workflow, curate daily content, and help others do the same without sacrificing authenticity or human connection. She also opens up about parenting in the AI age and why she believes educating the next generation starts now.

Whether you're an early-stage founder, solo creator, or just trying to simplify your stack, this episode offers real-world insights on building smarter systems with AI.

🎧 Tune in now to hear how Elena’s creating daily impact with lean tools and bold vision.

🔥 Topics We Cover:

• How she scaled Supercharged AI to 35K+ subscribers
• The AI agents and automations behind her daily content
• Why she uses Beehive and how she collaborates with other newsletters
• Her take on parenting with AI and raising the next generation of digital natives
• The most underrated platforms for solo founders building in public
• How she teaches entrepreneurs to build AI workflows… no dev background needed

🧰 Tools Mentioned in This Episode:

Writing, Research & Automation:
ChatGPT, Custom GPTs, Gamma, Make.com

Content Curation & Repurposing:
Opus Clips, Higgsfield AI, Kling AI, Beehive (newsletter platform)

Agent Marketplaces & Builders:
Swarms.ai, Clay.com, N8N

📲 Connect with Elena Nikiforia:

Instagram: @elenikiforia
LinkedIn: Elena Nikiforia
Newsletter: GetSupercharged.ai

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