👋 Welcome to the Connection Hub - The Vault · Clief Notes So I was on the onboarding call this today, and one thing kept coming up that I couldn't stop thinking about: The biggest value of this new age isn't just the tools. It's the people. 👥 Specifically — people who understand AI the way THIS community teaches it. Not "prompt hacks" and not "10x your output" nonsense, but actually building systems, thinking in workflows, and treating AI like a real part of how you work. That's a rare group. And a lot of you told me the same thing: 💬 "I'd love to work with someone who gets this." 💬 "I want to break into [industry] but don't know anyone in it." 💬 "Who else here does what I do?" So instead of letting those connections happen by accident... I built a place for them. 👇 🗂️👋 Welcome to the Connection Hub - The Vault · Clief Notes It's a simple set of pages, split by industry. You find your corner, drop a quick intro about what you actually do and what you're looking for, and connect with people who speak your language.

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I'm Karli, Bas's wife. I just joined the community and wanted to introduce myself. If you've spent any amount of time here, there's a good chance you've seen Bas around. He seems to be everywhere. 😂 The good news is you don't have to worry about me posting nearly as much as he does. He does enough talking for both of us. And for anyone wondering: yes, he is exactly the same in person. In all seriousness, I have to give Bas credit for encouraging me to explore AI. Years ago, he told me I was way ahead of the curve when it came to AI and that I had a way of communicating with it that just made sense. He always said I was naturally good at prompting and getting great results, and honestly, that's a big part of what inspired me to learn more about AI and pursue it further. I also come from a graphic design background, and as someone who's neurodivergent, I've found that AI complements the way I think, learn, and solve problems. By day, I'm a hairstylist and educator in Southern California. I've been behind the chair for over a decade, specializing in international hairdressing with a focus on dimensional low maintenance hair color, and textured razor cutting. AI has become an important tool for me both professionally and personally. I use it for brainstorming, client communication, marketing, content creation, education, business planning, and learning new skills. The thing I'm most excited about right now is that I'm building an app for hairstylists. I don't come from a software development background, so it's been a huge learning experience, but AI has made me realize that building something like this is actually possible. I'm here to learn more about Claude, Claude Code, AI-assisted development, and to connect with other people who are exploring what these tools can do. Looking forward to learning from all of you!

"Everybody will have to use AI. Because if you don't use AI, you will lose your job to somebody that does" -- Jenson Huang, CEO Nvidia I keep hearing this exact tension in conversations with friends, family, and coworkers. The moment AI comes up, the vibe shifts: “It’s going to take all the jobs. It’s evil. We’re all doomed.” But what if we’re looking at it backwards? AI already holds within it essentially all the books humanity has ever written. It’s a tool that gives us access to knowledge far beyond any single human lifetime — compressing centuries of wisdom, science, creativity, and experience into seconds. Instead of replacing us, it can expand us. It lets us ask better questions, solve harder problems, and explore realms we couldn’t reach alone. Every major technology in history (fire, electricity, computers, the internet) was feared for the jobs it would destroy. Yet each one ultimately created far more opportunity than it eliminated — for those who learned to wield it. The key isn’t resisting AI. It’s learning to guide it intelligently. Just like effective prompting: you don’t tell the model *how* to do something step-by-step. You clearly describe the outcome you want. The same principle applies to our relationship with AI as a society. We decide the direction. We set the guardrails. We choose whether it amplifies human potential or something else. --------------------------------- Edited: This just dropped from AWS CEO The “AI will take all jobs” story is too simple. Some jobs will shrink. Some will change. Some new ones will appear. But the real divide may be behavioral. People who avoid AI will feel hunted by it. People who test it early will see where it helps. That does not make the transition painless. It just makes panic a bad strategy. --------------------------------- So I’m curious — where do you stand? - Are you already using AI regularly in your work or life? - Or do you still see it mainly as a threat? - What’s the best way you’ve found to reframe this conversation with people who are skeptical or afraid?

One experiment I’ve been running is journaling every day. I basically dump everything I can recall I did or thought about during the day into a note. Tasks at work, meeting notes, conversations anything. I let Claude grab this at the end of every day and basically process any insights for me. I find the more open and varied my inputs are the more interesting results I get. I’ve primarily been doing this for content ideas but it’s helped with task management and given useful insights over multiple days with trends and things I’d like to follow through on. Plus I am getting the typical journaling benefits like better retention and presence in my days. Try it out.