We just had the privilege of letting our partners over at Feeding America know that we will have another 2,000,000 meals ready to send their way in November. We just donated 1,400,000 meals in October and they just informed us that in the last few years we are now at 14,173,890 MILLION MEALS DONATED! It wouldn't be possible without all of you! 😃

This post is dedicated to all of the people who are learning about AI tools and feeling overwhelmed. The takeaway I want to leave you with is: Start, even if you don’t know what the heck you’re doing yet. That doesn’t matter. Just START. A few years ago, with no background except my professional experience, I built a national internship for sixty college students exploring artificial intelligence, quantum science, synthetic biology, and technical security. I paired students from small universities and community colleges with peers from top research universities, and assigned them project mentors I trusted from different departments in the US government. We had no idea how this experiment would turn out. The goal was simple: prove that brilliance can come from anywhere. I had doubts and major imposter syndrome! What happened next surprised me. My most successful interns had determination, not perfect grades. It wasn’t skill that pushed them to the top. It was courage. They didn’t wait to feel ready. They just started. They learned fast and collaborated with others who had the skills they lacked. Technology doesn’t replace people. It reveals them. It amplifies imagination, courage, and intent. If you want to build something extraordinary, stop waiting. Begin now. Build the thing that scares you. Learn as you go. Perfection and “I’ll do it when….” is a trap. Next steps: Pick one free AI or tech resource and explore it for fifteen minutes today. Ask one better question. Curiosity opens more doors than credentials. Build something small — a prompt, a workflow, a prototype — anything. Share what you learned. Teaching reinforces confidence. Repeat tomorrow. Momentum matters more than mastery. Start small. Begin anyway. THE ONLY THING MORE COSTLY THAN FAILURE IS NEVER STARTING AT ALL.

I purposely titled this in all caps. It is the virtual version of the foot stomps you would hear if I was standing onstage delivering my TED talk to you. Spend the necessary time to digest and really understand this information. How to Protect Your AI Company, Your Code, and Your Likeness Before You Scale. Learn the risks and the rules. Anyone can now build with AI. But very few understand what they’re giving away in the process if they’re using free accounts. The difference between a billion-dollar company and a compromised experiment isn’t talent or timing. It’s ownership. Ownership of your data, your models, your prompts, and your likeness. Build everything correctly from the start, protect intellectual property, and defend digital identity in an era where the lines between creator, code, and clone are vanishing. BUILD WHAT YOU OWN, AFTER SHIELDING YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FIRST When I start a new company, my first principle is simple. Build the thing that FOREVER STAYS MINE. Every decision from entity formation to cloud architecture flows from that. FIRST PRINCIPLES Speed is worthless if it costs your ownership. Incorporate a Delaware C-Corp and assign all intellectual property to it immediately. Make every founder, employee, and contractor sign invention assignment and confidentiality agreements. File trademarks and copyrights early. Secure a domain, repository, and encrypted vault under company control. Use enterprise-grade AI providers with written data-control terms. ******Never rely on no-code builders or free chat accounts for proprietary work****** Design for swapability so your model router, vector store, and orchestration logic can move between providers. Choose systems that make you faster and freer. THE IP RISKS INSIDE CHAT APPS When you use a FREE chat account to test ideas, write prompts, or iterate strategy, you are working inside someone else’s lab. You do not control data retention. You do not know where your inputs are stored.

My son says that I am technologically impaired. I may be, but I'm very excited about learning Ai and perhaps I can teach him a thing or three. Question #1. What do they mean when they say "Tell the AI ALL ABOUT YOURSELF?" Do you simply type it in and the program saves all about you?

Aloha, to all, 😀. Fantastic Event! 🎉 I would like your insights and feedback: When using AI and the tools as your partner, are you keeping track of each that you use on each of your projects, whatever that project may be, and how many hours and minutes you use for each? If so, what tool are you using to keep track of that, or are you using pen and paper for that? It has occurred to me that maybe this will become an important thing to do, especially, for example, if you use Gemini. It is my understanding that Gemini will put an invisible Watermark on what it is doing for you. So ... it may be important to have a distinct time reference as to what is your work without the AI partner and when you bring in the AI partner for assistance. I don't know if Gemini gives, let's say a 15-minute window of use, before the invisible Watermark is applied. And, does anyone know at what percent you are still able to claim copyright of your work before you lose access to claim copyright because you used an AI partner? If you lose copyright at x percent, does the AI model/company own your work and you have to pay the company to use your own work, or are they now x percent owner in your company or your book or....? If anyone knows about these things, it would be very helpful. Many attorneys don't know the answer to these questions. I thought that because many of you here are more knowledgeable in the application of AI and real-time use, many of you would have a better understanding of real-time and real-world happenings. Thoughts? 😀