My name is TJ, and I am here to learn AI automation. I am a beginner, and I could use any advice to get started. What is the easiest and best way to start. How to start and what to do to become successful. My goal is to change my life and retire from being an ADT Security installation tech and become an AI Automation expert.

Hey everyone. I hope your holiday treated you better than mine. I just crawled out of a flu, and now that my brain is back online, this hit me: AI isn’t new anymore. What’s new is how loud the conversation got. I think we’re at (or near) peak AI hype — where expectations are running faster than what most people can actually deploy in a stable way. That doesn’t mean AI is going away. It means the noise is about to thin out. This happens with every major tech shift. There’s even a name for it (Gartner’s “Hype Cycle”): after the peak, flashy demos stop impressing, shortcuts stop working, and reality starts asking uncomfortable questions. Like: who owns this, what breaks, what happens on a bad day, and what’s the rollback plan? And honestly, that next phase is good. Because what survives isn’t “cool tools.” It’s boring, integrated, reliable use — AI inside a real workflow, with limits, approvals, and something you can debug when it fails. Value measured in time saved, errors reduced, or response times improved… not vibes. Curious where you’re at lately: more AI fatigue, or more clarity about where it genuinely helps?

It’s been a while since I’ve posted here. Aside from the holidays, I have spent the last 30 days in full business recovery mode following a disastrous workspace migration in ChatGPT on November 30th. I didn’t want to come back until I had something positive to report. Over the summer, before joining the AI Advantage I launched my startup using a ChatGPT Plus account tied to my personal email. As a (now) professional founder, I eventually realized it was necessary to separate my personal data from my business for IP protection, liability, and future HIPAA compliance with the app I’m building. When I started my ChatGPT account I hadn’t even thought about starting a company yet. Everything was mixed up. All my personal topics and my business building topics were in one account. Which is not a good thing. I knew enough to upgrade to a ChatGPT plus account when I started iterating business ideas, because I did not want them being trained on any of open AI models. I did everything by the book. I followed the documentation and even used ChatGPT to build a migration checklist. What happened next took my business out at the knees. ChatGPT wiped out every last bit of my data. Their support was nonexistent—no apology, no refund, and no path to recovery. $632.00 spent for a two year Business Workspace and nothing to show for it, everything gone. While my "founder discipline" meant I had backed up my core IP and design docs locally, I lost months of context and chat logs that served as the backbone of my cognitive scaffolding system. It was a disaster of epic proportions. I’ll admit it: I cried. Sobbed actually. I’m normally not a crier, but I had worked so damn hard for several months building something that I know is going to help people. I refused to let it be the end. I have spent December reconstituting my operations from the ground up, but I didn't go back to what broke. After learning that this has happened to dozens, if not hundreds of other founders and businesses, I migrated my entire company to Google Business Workspace (Enterprise Standard) and Gemini. The difference in professional stability and support has been night and day. Because of this move, I’ve recovered enough momentum to stay on track for our first product launch this January.

🎄 As we head into the holidays, we want to take a moment to send our warmest wishes from the AIA family to yours. Wherever you are and however you’re spending the season, we hope it brings rest, connection, and a little extra joy. One of the real benefits of AI is the space it creates for quality time, reflection, and being present with the people who matter most. Our team will still be around to support the community on Tuesday, Dec 24 and Wednesday, Dec 25, though with limited availability as we take some time to rest and recharge as well. Take care, enjoy the break, and come back refreshed, because in 2026, we’re hitting the ground running to make this community even better.Wishing you a peaceful and joyful holiday season!

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