Over the last few months, I've had more than a few of you tell me you're afraid of AI.
You’ve said things like:
- “It feels evil.”
- “It’s going to destroy the way we work.”
- “I’m scared of what it’ll do to our future.”
I absolutely get it. I felt the same way.
And I’ve seen some things lately that are deeply concerning.
Just recently, my 22 year old son showed me a video clip circulating online and I never would’ve known it was AI-generated if he hadn’t pointed out a tiny floating watermark that gave it away.
It looked real. It sounded real. It was entirely fake.
And that’s just one example.
I saw a link in one of my social media feeds that was shared by a family
friend who I already know shares all kinds of strange and untrue stories but when I read what was being said in this one link, I was very concerned. If what this link implied was taking place even to a tiny degree, it would shake people to their core.
I couldn't let it go. I needed to know what was driving people to think this kind of thing was really happening.
So I spent THREE DAYS researching the source of this information to find that it was linked
to two news articles published by a respected media outlet. (When I say I researched - I mean like a journalist - I dug, I tracked, I asked questions, I took notes, I kept files, etc.)
However, the point being made by the source articles had been spun into wild distortions - likely using AI to generate fast, clickable outrage-bait.
Those twisted versions were getting shared everywhere. And a lot of people believed the spun headlines without
digging deeper.
Our young people, in particular, are truly at risk for being misled into thinking things are happening that are not happening. That is extremely frightening to me.
Yes, there is absolutely potential for abuse with AI.
But here’s the thing…
There’s also tremendous potential for good.
A few months ago, I spent three weeks with my parents while my dad was going through
a serious health issue.
Watching them try to manage it all - visits, medication changes, complex instructions over the phone - was heartbreaking.
One day, a nurse called with new care instructions. My dad can’t hear well, can’t take notes easily, and hates putting the phone on speaker.
So he calls over my mom, and together they go through this long, stressful process:
- He listens, repeats everything out
loud
- She writes it down
- They double-check it all back and forth to make sure it’s right
A 5-minute call becomes a 30-minute ordeal - and this happened over and over and over. This just isn't how my parents should be spending their time at this stage of their life.
All of that could’ve been handled in minutes with an AI-powered app that transcribes calls, summarizes instructions, and prints them out automatically. No stress. No
guesswork.
Even more personal: my dad was using a table in Microsoft Word to track all of his prescriptions, dosages, changes, and side notes.
Every time he edited the table (and this was almost daily because of his health issues), data would shift or disappear from the table. I could hear the frustration in his voice.
So I built him a custom AI bot.
Now, he can just talk to the bot using the
voice-to-text on his laptop. All he has to do is say what changed, what he needs to update, and the bot builds his medication chart in whatever format he wants - on demand. No typing. No stress. It even creates a printable log for doctor visits.
That’s just one example. One real-life moment where AI helped someone I love.
I’ve also used it myself to save hours in my business and personal life (I'll show you some examples in my next email), and I’ve
seen companies using it to accelerate research into cancer treatments because AI can analyze data faster than any human ever could.
So, is AI dangerous? It can be.
But so can anything powerful. The printing press. The internet. Computers. Email marketing.
When computers first became mainstream, people panicked. Jobs would be lost. The world would change. And it did.
But the people who leaned in, who learned how to
use computers instead of fear them, they adapted. They thrived.
I believe the same is true now.
Your best defense isn’t panic - it’s education.
Learn what AI is, how it works, and how it can be used for good in your life and business.
That’s why I’ve been working on something new - something designed to help affiliate marketers and online entrepreneurs harness AI to save
time, reduce stress, and grow faster.
More on that soon.
