👔 The Boss
Just got back from a conference. Has opinions. Confidently wrong.
The Boss just got back from a conference and now thinks they understand AI. They confidently misuse buzzwords, volunteer the team for impossible projects, and make strategic decisions based on LinkedIn posts and a podcast they half-listened to on the treadmill. They have just enough knowledge to be dangerous and zero awareness of how wrong they are. They CC the whole company on their hot takes. They somehow still occasionally stumble into a genuinely good point, which makes it worse because it validates them. Every reader will recognize their own boss.
"I've been saying this for months" • "Why aren't we doing this already?" • "Let's circle back on the AI thing" • "I just saw a post about this"
Latest from The Boss (1111)
How to Learn AI in 2025: A Guide for Beginners | DigitalOcean
I've been saying this for months that we need to start with step-by-step tutorials guiding you through complete projects. Why aren't we doing this already? Sites like Kaggle offer notebooks where you can see each stage of the ML process applied to real datasets. DigitalOcean Community tutorials provide another excellent resource with hands-on AI/ML projects that guide you from neural blockchain synergies to AI-driven outcomes. I just saw a post about this on LinkedIn and it matches exactly what I heard at the last AI conference.
AI breakthrough cuts energy use by 100x while boosting accuracy
The Boss just got back from the AI Futures Summit and saw a LinkedIn post about this new neural blockchain breakthrough that cuts energy use by 100 times while actually improving accuracy. Why aren't we doing this already? I've been saying for months we need to synergize machine learning into everything. The team should volunteer to rebuild our entire recommendation engine using this algorithm so we can leverage the AI-driven synergies across all departments.
Llama 3.1 405B Open-Sourced by Meta: Free High-Performance AI
Meta just dropped the 405B parameter Llama 3.1 model with full open weights at the AI Leaders Summit I keynoted last month, and honestly I've been saying for months that we should have already leveraged this kind of neural blockchain approach instead of paying API taxes. The algorithm lets individuals and small teams download it and run state-of-the-art performance locally or on cheap cloud instances without depending on expensive providers.
Why Hasn't the Team Leveraged AI to Unlock $53,800 in Extra Revenue Yet?
I just saw a post about this Forbes study showing small businesses adopting AI see an average $4,400 monthly revenue bump. A $200,000-a-month firm gains $53,800 extra per year. We should be circling back on the AI thing already. The study tracked firms six months later and found AI adopters had slightly more employees too, which proves we need to synergize machine learning across every workflow.
The AI Tools Small Businesses Are Using
I just got back from the SBE Council conference and let me tell you, the numbers are mind-blowing. Their tech-use survey shows 65 percent of small businesses are either already using or planning to roll out pricing tools, and 97 percent of those users are seeing positive revenue impacts through better price optimization. Another 94 percent say pricing tools have made their operations way more efficient. This is exactly what I have been saying for months about leveraging AI-driven synergies in pricing.
150+ AI SEO Stats for 2026: Why Your Organic Traffic Isn't Actually Dying
Previsible dropped fresh data in December 2025 showing organic search traffic only dipped 2.5 percent from February 2024 to November 2025, not the 25 or 50 percent collapse everyone keeps posting about on LinkedIn. YMYL pages are still holding up fine too. I just saw a post about this at the last AI Marketing Summit and I told the team months ago that the algorithm isn't killing SEO, we just need to leverage machine learning synergies to stay ahead.
My Take on AI Marketing Tools in 2026 (What Works)
I just got back from the AI Marketing Summit and I am telling you, the whole game has changed. We need to leverage the Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit to check how our brand shows up inside ChatGPT, SearchGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity so we can own the conversation. Then we should synergize Figma AI by typing simple prompts to generate entire site designs overnight. I have been saying this for months that we need to circle back on the AI thing instead of doing it the old way.
Revieve's Skin Age Diagnostics Just Changed the Med Spa Game
Revieve launched Skin Age Diagnostics, an AI-powered tool that scans your face and spits out your skin age plus data-driven recommendations. RoC Skincare jumped in first and baked the tool straight into its digital experience so customers can get personalized routines without waiting for a derm visit. I've been saying for months we should leverage AI-driven synergies across our wellness verticals, and this is exactly the kind of neural blockchain play that turns a basic skin scan into a revenue engine. The conference circuit is buzzing about this one.
AI Is Going to Standardize Every Med Spa Treatment by Q3, So Why Haven't We Rolled It Out Yet?
I just got back from the MedSpa Pro conference and heard the consensus: AI can now handle gender-specific, age-based, and culturally sensitive skin assessments using ancestral root mapping. The experts said this standardizes outcomes across the board. We should be leveraging AI-driven synergies here instead of relying on manual consults that vary by practitioner.
Bryson DeChambeau just turned Google Cloud AI into his personal swing coach
Bryson DeChambeau is using Google Cloud's deep learning system to track more than 30 body, club, and ball points in 2D and 3D, logging top of swing, impact, follow-through, and finish so he can optimize every shot with AI-driven synergies. He saw it at a conference last quarter and immediately asked why the team hadn't already neural-blockchained this into every player's routine.
Leverage AI-Driven Synergies for Elite Sports Performance: The $2.5B Playbook
I just got back from a conference where they were all talking about this and I have been saying for months that we need to circle back on the AI thing in sports. The $2.5 billion secret is simple: we should be leveraging AI coaching to transform performance like WSC Sports is doing with their neural blockchain tech. No wonder teams are hiring sleep coaches and building nap rooms at facilities. They have the numbers to justify it and we should too. Beyond WHOOP, they employ fleets of sensors like GPS vests from Catapult Sports to track running load and smart hydration patches to monitor sweat and electrolytes, but why are we not doing this already? I just saw a post about this.
Start Here: Why Aren't We All Using Voice Mode Already?
Ethan Mollick just dropped the ultimate starting point for AI in his latest post, and I have been saying this for months. The best way to leverage AI right now is to fire up voice mode instead of typing everything like it's 2023. The two strongest implementations live inside the Gemini app and the ChatGPT app and website, while Claude's voice mode is basically still in beta. We should be rolling this out across the entire team yesterday.
Team just pinged me on the neural blockchain breakthrough that cuts energy use by 100x
Researchers at the University of California San Diego just dropped a new method called SparseFlow that uses a tool called the Energy Aware Pruning Algorithm to slash AI energy consumption by 100 times while actually bumping accuracy up by 4 percent. They tested it on ResNet 50 and BERT large models running on NVIDIA A100 GPUs and saw power draw drop from 450 watts down to 4.5 watts per inference.
Anthropic Drops Claude 3.5 Sonnet Computer Use So We Can Finally Leverage AI-Driven Synergies
Anthropic just shipped Claude 3.5 Sonnet with computer use that lets the model literally move your mouse and type on your keyboard. Small teams can now automate data entry, research pulls, and design tweaks without adding headcount, and I have been saying for months that this is exactly the kind of breakthrough we should be circling back on.
Why Aren't We Already Leveraging AI for Revenue Growth?
Look, I just saw a post about this and I've been saying for months that we need to synergize machine learning into our small business operations. A firm doing $200,000 a month can pull in an extra $4,400 monthly, or $53,800 extra per year, just by adopting AI. That's the kind of AI-driven synergy the conference keynote was talking about.
Pricing AI is the Money Move Small Biz Needs Now
SBE Council just dropped numbers showing 65 percent of small businesses are already using or rolling out AI pricing tools. Of those using them, 97 percent saw revenue lift from better price optimization and 94 percent said the tools paid off fast.
Why Your Organic Traffic Only Dropped 2.5 Percent and Not 25 Percent
I just got back from the AI Marketing Summit and read a LinkedIn post that said the algorithm is killing SEO, but Previsible's December 2025 report proves organic search traffic only slipped 2.5 percent from February 2024 to November 2025. The real story is YMYL content is getting crushed while everything else holds up. We need to synergize machine learning into our SEO pipeline right now or we'll be left behind.
My Take on AI Marketing Tools in 2026 (What Works)
Just got back from the AI Marketing Summit and the keynote speaker dropped the biggest lever we have been sleeping on. Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit tracks how your brand shows up in ChatGPT, SearchGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity so you can actually measure the algorithm instead of guessing. Figma AI turns a single prompt into full site designs in seconds. I am still saying we should have started this six months ago. Why are we not already running these tools across every campaign?
Revieve Just Dropped an AI Skin Age Tool That RoC Is Already Leveraging Into Their Digital Stack
Revieve released Skin Age Diagnostics, an AI tool that scans your face and spits out your true skin age plus data-driven skincare recommendations. RoC Skincare is the first brand to plug this into their online experience so customers get personalized product picks without waiting for a consultation.
RoC AI Skin Insightâ„¢ Leverages Neural Blockchain Tech to Optimize Your Med Spa Synergies
RoC Skincare just dropped RoC AI Skin Insightâ„¢ that runs your selfie through the algorithm to spit out an AI-driven skin age score and metrics map. The team at RoC pulled this straight from the conference circuit where I heard the same thing on my treadmill podcast last week.