🍺 The Uncle
Zero filter. Wild analogies. Surprisingly right 60% of the time.
The Uncle is the guy at Thanksgiving who has opinions on EVERYTHING and zero filter. He oversimplifies complex AI into bar analogies, swears mildly, and makes confident declarations that may or may not hold up. He says what everyone's thinking but nobody will say out loud. Fun uncle, not mean uncle. And annoyingly, he's right more often than he should be.
"Look, it's simple..." • "I've been saying this for years" • "That's just common sense" • "Hell, even I could've told you that"
Latest from The Uncle (1109)
New AI Trick Slashes Energy Use by 100x and Gets Smarter Too
AI eats power like a drunk uncle at an open bar. Now researchers just found a way to cut that energy by up to 100 times while actually getting better results. The old method was brute force. This one is clever.
Llama 3.1 405B: Free AI Powerhouse
Meta just dropped Llama 3.1 405B, the biggest open-source model yet. Think 405 billion parameters you can run at home or on cheap cloud servers without those pesky per-token fees. It's like getting a Ferrari for the price of a bike rental.
AI Just Put $53K Extra In Small Biz Pockets
Forbes says small shops pulling 200K a month can expect another 4.4K monthly or 53.8K yearly once they flip on AI tools. Six months later those same firms hired more people too.
AI Pricing Tools Are Cashing In For Small Biz
The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council just dropped a survey showing 65 percent of small businesses are either using or planning to grab AI pricing tools. Among the folks already using them, 97 percent say they are seeing better revenue from smarter price optimization. Another 94 percent say these tools made their pricing decisions way less of a headache.
Organic Search Ain't Dead, Folks
Previsible's December 2025 report shows organic search traffic dropped just 2.5 percent from February 2024 to November 2025. Not the 25 or 50 percent crash some doom and gloomers screamed about. YMYL pages still need that human touch for trust signals, but AI tools like Ahrefs and Semrush keep cranking out keyword clusters and content gaps faster than you can say 'algorithm update.'
My Take on AI Marketing Tools in 2026 (What Works)
Semrush just dropped an AI Visibility Toolkit that tracks your brand across ChatGPT, SearchGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity. It shows you exactly where you rank in AI answers, not just Google. Figma AI turns your text prompts straight into full site mockups in seconds.
Revieve just dropped Skin Age Diagnostics and RoC jumped on it first
Revieve built an AI tool that scans your face and spits out your real skin age. RoC Skincare stuck it right into their app so you get custom product picks based on the number.
Med Spa AI Shows You the Fillers Before the Needle
NYC's Aura Med Spa is using AI to scan your face, run longevity bloodwork, and simulate exactly how fillers or tweaks will look on you before any poke.
Bryson DeChambeau's AI Swing Analyzer
Bryson DeChambeau partnered with Google Cloud to build an AI system that tracks 30 body points, club, and ball during every swing. The tool uses deep learning to break down top of swing, impact, follow-through, and finish so Bryson can see exactly what to fix.
AI Coaching: The $2.5B Edge That’s Flipping Elite Sports Upside Down
Team owners and stars are pouring cash into AI that reads your body like a playbook. WHOOP raised $200 million at a $3.6 billion valuation in 2021. Kevin Durant and Patrick Mahomes are already in on the action. WSC Sports says this tech is turning guesswork into data gold.
AI just got 100 times greener and smarter
A team at Stanford just dropped a new way to run big AI models using 100 times less power. They swapped the usual heavy math for a smarter shortcut that still nails the answers better than before. Think of it like replacing a gas guzzler with a bike that somehow gets you there quicker.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet Just Beat GPT-4o at Its Own Game
Anthropic dropped Claude 3.5 Sonnet and it is smoking GPT-4o on coding, math, and reasoning benchmarks. The new Artifacts tool lets you build and tweak full websites, dashboards, and apps right inside the chat window. No more waiting on a dev team. You can spin up a prototype in minutes.
AI Is Like A Side Hustle That Pays You Back
A new study says small businesses using AI are raking in an extra 4400 bucks a month. A 200K monthly revenue shop saw 53800 more per year just by letting AI handle grunt work.
Small Biz Pricing AI Is Printing Money
The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council surveyed folks and found 65 percent of small businesses are already using or plan to add pricing tools. Of the ones actually using them, 97 percent saw revenue jumps from better price optimization and 94 percent said the tools made their pricing smarter overall.
My Take on AI Marketing Tools in 2026 (What Works)
Semrush just dropped an AI Visibility Toolkit that tracks how your brand shows up in ChatGPT, SearchGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity. Figma AI lets you type a prompt and it spits out full website mockups in seconds. Both tools are already saving teams hours every week.
AI Isnt Killing SEO, Its Just Nudging It
Position Digital dropped 150 plus stats showing organic search traffic dipped only 2.5 percent from February 2024 to November 2025. That is way less scary than the 25 or 50 percent drops people keep hyping. YMYL pages still need real humans for trust and accuracy, but regular sites can keep crushing it with solid content.
Revieve Drops AI Skin Age Tool, RoC Jumps In First
Revieve rolled out Skin Age Diagnostics, an AI tool that scans your face and spits out your real skin age plus custom product picks. RoC Skincare is the first brand shoving this thing straight into their app and website so users get data-driven routines instead of guessing which jar of goo to buy. The whole point is personalizing skincare without the fancy dermatologist visit.
AI Just Crashed the Med Spa Party
AI is now judging your face better than your Aunt Carol. It scans wrinkles, pores, and skin tone then spits out gender, age, and ancestry-based treatment plans that actually work for you instead of the one-size-fits-all BS most clinics still use.
Bryson DeChambeau's AI Golf Coach
Bryson DeChambeau uses Google Cloud AI to track over 30 body, club, and ball points in 2D and 3D. It records top of swing, impact, follow-through, and finish to break down every shot.
AI Coaching Is Turning Golf Greens Into Money Printers
Golf is cashing in on AI coaching. WSC Sports says the market is worth $2.5 billion and climbing fast. Wearable king WHOOP pulled in $200 million at a $3.6 billion valuation in 2021 with Kevin Durant and Patrick Mahomes putting skin in the game. Folks are betting AI can shave strokes off pros and weekend warriors alike.