AI for Revenue Leaders: The AI Hat Podcast Are you training your AI, or is your AI training you?
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Nov 1, 2025 Ever feel like you're just training your AI instead of using it? You're not alone! Dive into the paradox where solopreneurs juggle too many tools, often becoming slaves to them. Discover the importance of designing systems that focus on human expertise. Learn how successful entrepreneurs leverage fewer, smarter AI tools to enhance their work rather than replace it. Get ready to take charge of your AI, transitioning from being its assistant to its boss, and unlock the potential to build systems that truly work for you!
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Unpaid Trainer For A 'Revolutionary' Tool
- Mike Allton uploaded a 45-minute interview to a touted AI video tool and got 12 useless clips back.
- He spent hours fixing them and realized he had become the tool's unpaid trainer.
Less Is More With AI Tools
- Solopreneurs often mistake tool accumulation for leverage and end up as 'digital slaves.'
- The better approach is fewer, higher-quality tools aligned to human expertise.
Design Systems Around Human Expertise
- The railroad analogy shows early tech forced workers to fix machines rather than redesign systems around people.
- Successful systems are designed around human expertise, not machine quirks.