Deep Thought gave the perfect answer, and nobody knew the question 😄 I think many of us build with AI the same way, we get fast answers but never wrote down the real question. Here is my stressed out Deep Thought for the mood. I'm curious: what is the one question u should have asked ur AI before u started building?

The Picasso Complex — Optimize Yourself Before You Optimize Your Tokens Give Picasso and ten other people the same brushes, canvas, and instructions. You’ll get eleven different paintings. The difference isn’t the brush. It’s the person holding it. I learned this long before AI. I started shooting weddings with a cheap camera while others insisted you needed two Canon 5Ds and thousands of dollars in equipment. Eventually, I earned enough to upgrade and even secured sponsorship from an American photography manufacturer. Today, I build AI systems using computers that are sometimes 15 years old, spare parts, a secondhand laptop from my neighbor, an old iPhone, and a GPU with just 6 GB of VRAM. And here’s what people misunderstand: My system isn’t designed to stay small. It’s designed to scale while already running on small hardware. I can add computing nodes, GPUs, local models, and specialized workers without rebuilding the entire architecture. The machines provide computing power. I provide the architecture. Hack the planet. Now I see people spending €16,000 on new Macs and complaining that their $200 AI subscriptions don’t provide enough tokens. Here’s a question: Have you considered optimizing yourself before optimizing your tokens? Stop drinking alcohol. Stop smoking. Stop spending hours mindlessly consuming Netflix and social media. Not because entertainment is evil, but because your attention, energy, and mental clarity are also resources. Maybe you don’t need a bigger context window. Maybe you need fewer distractions and a clearer idea of what you’re actually trying to accomplish. Better thinking can mean better instructions, fewer unnecessary iterations, and less wasted AI capacity. And while you’re optimizing, take a look at your actual life. Could you live in a smaller apartment? Reduce unnecessary expenses? Work fewer hours? Need less money to maintain the lifestyle you actually enjoy? Why optimize the price of your tools while ignoring the cost of your entire existence?

Over the past few days, I’ve had some fascinating conversations here in this community, including a private chat with @Bryson Bossley . Those conversations got me thinking. And last night, I couldn’t stop thinking. One thought led to another. Ideas connected. Questions became bigger. And somehow, I ended up writing a speech and turning it into a video. So please, WATCH THE VIDEO FIRST. And if you recognize yourself in what I’m saying, if something in that message resonates with you… Come back and read this. ——— What Can We Build Together? 50,000 minds. Thousands of skills. Countless ideas. And yet… most of us are still trying to succeed alone. Think about that for a moment. What if the greatest opportunity in this community isn’t the next AI tool, another course, or another business? What if it’s the person reading this right now? Someone here might have exactly the knowledge you’re missing. Someone else might need exactly what you already know. And the strange thing is… Neither of you even knows the other exists. Isn’t that a tremendous waste of potential? I made this video because I believe we’re overlooking something extraordinary. It’s not another tutorial. It’s not a sales pitch. It’s a question we should all be asking ourselves. What could we achieve if we stopped trying to do everything alone and started combining what we’re already good at? Maybe we don’t need another thousand ideas. Maybe we need to connect the people who can bring them to life. And maybe it starts right here. Not with another complicated system. Not with another promise of success. But with people discovering each other. So let me ask you three simple questions. 1. What are you genuinely good at? 2. What do you need help with? 3. What would you build with others? Don’t overthink your answers. You don’t need to impress anyone. You don’t need to sell yourself. Just be yourself. Because somewhere among the people reading this, someone might have exactly the missing piece you’ve been searching for.

After going through a range of different emotions and spending hours reading and watching Jake's videos (including like 20 different rabbit holes), I finally got the output from my system that I was looking for! (Still needs some more steps to go through of course) Sharing it below >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The big problem: You know things most people don't. It took you years to learn them, and nobody else has your exact mix. But it's all tangled up in your head. So the people who need you most can't tell you're the one they need. This breaks into six smaller problems. Each one gets you ready for the next. 1 · Getting it out You can feel what you know. Putting it into words is the hard part. So don't start by writing well. Start by talking, and catch what you say. 2 · Holding on to it You have an idea that feels big. Weeks later, it's gone. You can't use what you can't find. So old ideas need to come back by themselves, right when something you're saying now sounds like them. 3 · Choosing what matters Most of your thoughts won't go anywhere. A few are the real thing. And you're too close to them to see which is which. So take one thought and test it. Cover up where it came from. Does it still make sense by itself? 4 · Settling conflicts Sometimes a new idea disagrees with an old one. Don't hide from that. That's where your thinking moves forward. 5 · Putting it in order You see how everything connects, all at once. Your reader doesn't. Spreading out comes easily. Coming down to one clear line is the hard part. So put your thoughts in order, one after another, and look at the best case against them. 6 · Showing it What's clear to you is still invisible to everyone else. That distance is the last problem. A helper writes the first version from your thoughts, in order. Then you edit it until it's right. What you end up with: You get more than one finished piece.

I wanted to create something specifically for those who are just getting started or feel like they are still beginners. There's a ton of talented people out there but this space is strictly for your day 1 questions about anything AI related. No question is too simple. What's a skill? What's an LLM? What's AI? Anything is up for discussion and we will answer your question. If the question warrants it, I will create a new classroom post out of it for you and others. See the classroom post here: https://www.skool.com/cliefnotes/classroom/b5143824?md=e95b3194dd06470fa01509821152ec20