AI Is Your Rocket Ship to a Freer, More Creative Life
Automate Yourself. No one else will.
Hey there, friends! Remember unfolding a giant paper map in your car, squinting at those tiny roads, half-lost and totally frustrated? Twenty years ago, that was us. Then, GPS came along. Some folks swore their trusty maps were better, but in almost a blink of an eye GPS devices were outselling maps by a margin. Then, just like that, GPS moved to our phones, and the TomTom devices were gone overnight. Just as we got good at navigating by using our phones, another paradigm shift is happening as we speak — the cars now drive themselves, no need for maps at all!
The way I see it, there’s a big parallel here between paper maps and AI. AI It’s not a trend or a fad. AI is a wave that will wipe out the old ways of doing things faster than we can get used to the change.
Each step—maps to GPS to self-driving cars—felt like just a phase to someone because most people were not inventing the future, they were just living in the present. Paper maps didn’t dream up the GPS to replace them. Gas cars didn’t invent the self-driving future either. Visionaries like Elon Musk did, picturing a world where driving itself was an ancient history. While most people were simply adapting to the changes around them, a small number of people were moving the world forward.
AI’s doing the same thing right now, but on steroids. What took decades for maps to evolve into Teslas, AI is pulling off in mere months. AI is a rocket ship to a life with more time, more creativity, more you, and it’s rapidly eating away the past.
Let me share how it’s changing my world.
If you read my last post, then you know I’ve been automating a lot of product development with AI, but now I am doing the same with everything around me, as much as I can.
I was in Austin, Texas, recently, craving to experience a restaurant I visited over ten years ago. I couldn’t remember the name for the life of me—just vague vibes. You know, the cozy outdoor seating, wooden tables, fish tacos, and a killer craft beer. I even texted an old friend I ate with back then, but he was stumped too, laughing that it “sounded like every spot in Austin.” So, I tossed those fuzzy details at Grok, and in seconds—seconds!—it spit out three most likely options, based on my memories, and the approximate location of the restaurant. I’m pretty darn sure one of the options was THE exact place.
Isn’t that amazing? No hours of Googling, no endless scrolling through Yelp reviews, just a quick answer that felt like pure magic, backed up by logical explanation of how my memories map to the real world. That’s AI for you: not just saving time, but unlocking memories.
Here’s another example. Filming an explainer video for a product used take hours—hunting for good lighting, shaving to look camera-ready, writing a script, doing multiple takes to make sure you got just the right cuts, and then editing frame by tedious frame for what seems forever. That used to be the reality. It had to happen at the right time, in the right place, with the perfect setup. It was exhausting! But now? Well, you take a look for yourself.
Check out the video I just uploaded to Scoutzie.com to showcase how AI-powered development can run in circles around traditional agencies.
That video looks and sounds like me, but it isn’t me. It’s a HeyGen avatar I created, which I can now use to produce polished videos of myself from anywhere, any time. It took me 20 minutes to make the avatar and to create that video. In fact, I was not even in the office when I made it; it was midnight, and I was in bed at an Airbnb while traveling.
Using AI to do things isn’t just faster; it’s freedom.
I’m untethered from schedules or studios. I can create whenever inspiration hits, wherever I happen to be. That’s the future AI’s building—one where your ideas don’t have to wait for the “perfect moment.”
Finally, here’s another slice of AI in my life. All done on the same day.
This blog post.
That’s right, while I was dreaming up this blog post, I was actually walking around outside, on the green grass, bouncing ideas off with AI. No desk or keyboard needed, just thoughts flowing free.
I could interrupt my conversation, pause it, augment it with new information, and do all of that on my terms. The AI was patiently waiting, asking me questions, and collecting data for when I was done. It gave me a first draft, took my comments, edited the draft, gave me another, then another, then another. Finally, when I had enough, I tweaked it to add my personal flair, and the details I thought you’d want to know. I made the blog post mine, but the heavy lifting, it was all handled by AI.
A healthy 60 minute walk, a chat with AI, and a blog post was born. Amazing, isn’t it?
Are you still wrestling with paper maps?
What in your day feels like wrestling with a stubborn paper map? You know, those tasks that suck up your hours or just drain your energy? Maybe it’s writing a million emails, planning meals for the week, or crunching numbers for work. Whatever it is, I’d bet there’s an AI tool out there that can make it quicker, easier, or even let you tackle it while chilling on a park bench, soaking up some fresh air. AI isn’t here to replace you or make life feel cold and robotic. Nah, it’s here to hand you back your time, your energy, that little spark you’ve been missing.
Take a peek at your day—your work, your hobbies, your endless to-do list. What could be smoother? What could free you up to sip coffee with a pal, chase a wild new idea, or just do more of what lights you up inside? Maybe you want recipes and grocery lists sorted in a snap, or maybe you’re itching to crank out content without breaking a sweat. The future is wide open, and AI is your trusty co-pilot to get you there.
Nobody’s gonna hand you a perfect list of what to automate—it’s personal, you have to put in the work.
There are going to be a lot of people fighting against AI. They will explain to you how AI is just a fad, how it isn’t good at doing things just right, how it is still important to do things by hand, to do them the old way. Don’t listen. Don’t even consider them. The nay-sayers have always been there, and will always be, and they aren’t trying to be wrong on purpose, they are just holding on to the past, which will 100% inevitably disappear and become history. In the case of AI, it will happen so fast, you better hold on to your butts.
On thing you should keep in mind, while trying AI in your life and business — it does not have to be perfect. It’s not perfect yet, you might not get the results you are expecting, and you have to be okay with not being okay. The point isn’t to achieve the perfect outcome, the point is to get to an outcome 100x faster than you could before, to automate the mundane, the boring, the useless.
You’ve got to want a future where you do less before you can figure out how to make that future your own. But when you do, once you find a few things that move you forward without much work at all, you will see just how magical it is to make AI work for you.
So, what do you think? What’s one thing you’d love to hand off to AI so you can reclaim some time? Think about it, and if you need help on how to make it happen, reach out and perhaps I can help you.
Can’t wait to hear how you automate your life.
—Kirill.
p.s. If you have a moment, please send this post to a friend that might benefit from it. Have an awesome day!