Well done @Matthew Sutherland! You have achieved Level 6, your role is growing from active participant to community contributor - and that gets recognized. Fun fact, @Matthew Sutherland is the highest ranking member in the community! 🚀 Every post, answer, and experience you shared added something to this community. Your progress matters, but so does the role you’ve played in helping other members make progress of their own. 🔓 Here’s what you’ve Unlocked: AI Bits & Pieces is donating $25 in your name to Winning Futures. @Kristina Marshall is the president of this wonderful non-profit, and every little bit helps. Click here to learn more about this exceptional student mentoring organization. @Matthew Sutherland is the founder of AI for Life Skool community. A great community to join if you are looking to improved and excel at Claude Code. Thank you for all you do @Matthew Sutherland. @Karen Widas @Kierra Woekel @Ron Nedd @Pedro Gomez @Mike AI Consultant @Mike Thomson@Frank Priboy @Gina Wang

ChatGPT Dots gave me the ability to work on four projects at one time. I could give direction, move on to something else, and come back to review the results. That’s where this starts to get interesting. - Dots are rolling out as always-on agents powered by GPT-6 Astra. - A dot remembers context, has its own cloud computer and browser, uses approved apps and plugins, and can delegate work to ChatGPT Work or Codex. - It works behind the scenes and let you know when it needs more information or a task is complete. - You can reach it through ChatGPT, Slack, Teams, or a voice call. Availability varies by account and setup. - Learn more (https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots) Here’s what I’ve already done with mine, all at the same time - in one thread: 📄 Created three client AI training lessons with Word comparison documents, a budget spreadsheet, and image-generation prompts 📬 Set up notifications for client specific replies. ⏰ Added a client invoice task and moved its reminder with a quick message 📺 Researched a 50-inch TV around $250 and checked local availability before buying it myself The practical advantage is keeping the work connected. I can start a task, give feedback on another, and ask what’s still outstanding without rebuilding the context each time, again all in one thread/chat experience. It still needs direction. I review the work, check the details, and make the decisions. Giving AI more responsibility makes clear instructions even more important. Try it with one real task you understand well enough to evaluate. Tell it what you need, what a good result looks like, and when to check with you. 👇 What would you hand off first so you could keep working on something else?

McKinsey’s State of AI 2026 includes a statistic that should get our attention: 🛠️ 32% of respondents said their organizations decided against purchasing at least one software product or feature because they could build it internally using agentic coding tools. That is not a prediction. It is already happening. But here is an interesting question: Do you think these solutions are being built by formal IT departments—or by front-office professionals who understand the business problems? You may be surprised by the answer. Until recently, building software required a development team, significant capital, and months—or even years—of work. Agentic coding tools are changing that equation for both IT and the front office professional. For those of us in AI Bits & Pieces who are progressing beyond AI Enthusiast and are interested in becoming an AI Builder, learning this skill creates a significant career opportunity. Becoming a builder does not necessarily mean becoming a traditional software developer. It means learning how to use AI to: 🔹 Turn an idea into a working tool 🔹 Automate a business process 🔹 Connect systems and data 🔹 Build functionality a business might otherwise purchase 🔹 Solve a real problem and create measurable value These capabilities can help you advance your career, create new opportunities within your business, or begin building solutions for clients. The tools are lowering the technical barrier. What still matters is your ability to understand the problem, determine what should be built, and guide the solution toward a meaningful outcome. If you are interested in taking that next step, I invite you to be my special guest at the next AI for Life Weekly Live Session. 📣If you are interested in being one of my special guests at the next live session, comment “AI for Life” below or send me a direct message here in Skool: @Michael Wacht AI for Life is a community founded by @Matthew Sutherland on the Skool platform where I continue to hone my own low-code/no-code AI-building skills alongside others who are learning to build practical, real-world solutions to advance their career.

For every unique member who shares a goal in the comments, AI Bits and Pieces will donate $1 to Winning Futures, up to $100 total now through October 15, 2026. It is simple, and fun. To clarify, we are not asking any member to donate money. Just share the goal that your favorite LLM gives you. 🎯 With three months left in the year, let’s remind ourselves of the goals that matter to us—and, as a community, help Winning Futures reach their fundraising objectives so more students can achieve their life goals. ✅ Enter this prompt in the AI you use most often: "Based on what you know about me, what will I regret most if I don’t complete it by the end of this year? Explain why, and point to what I’ve shared that led you to that answer. If you don’t have enough context, ask me questions first." ✅ Share Goal in Comments: Share one goal in the comments and one step you’ll take this week. You can agree with your AI or choose something else that matters to you. ❤️ AI Bits & Pieces will donate $1 🌟 About Winning Futures: This organization helps Metro Detroit students build the skills, confidence, and plans to achieve their life and career goals. Their seven-year program pairs students with volunteer career mentors, starting in high school and continuing through college, trade school, or other education. Donations support mentoring, scholarships, and emergency funds that help students stay on track toward their futures. Learn more about Winning Futures. What’s your goal—and what’s your next step? 👇

In Part 6, I shared the moment I realized that years of email, meetings, attachments, calendar entries, and conversations were more than just digital clutter. They were knowledge. And when Copilot helped me turn months of history across six AI initiatives into a quarterly executive update, I started looking at Microsoft 365 very differently. But having a lot of information does not automatically give you a Second Brain. A brain has to be able to do something with what it knows. For me, that comes down to five things: 🧠 Knowledge This is the foundation. - Emails, meetings, transcripts, documents, attachments, decisions, dates, conversations. Without the history, there is nothing to remember. 🔍 Access Having the information is not enough if you cannot find it. A Second Brain needs to let me ask: - What happened with this project over the last three months? I should not have to remember which email thread, meeting, or attachment contains the answer. 🧩 Context This may be the most important piece after knowledge. - A decision in one meeting may explain an email two weeks later. A budget change may explain why a project was delayed. A conversation with one person may affect three other projects. A useful Second Brain needs to understand those connections. 🗂️ Organization Hundreds of emails are not an executive update. - The information has to be organized into something useful: accomplishments, decisions, risks, open items, priorities, and next steps. That is where AI starts turning information into understanding. 🗣️ Articulation Finally, the Second Brain has to be able to communicate what it knows. - Turn several months of project history into an executive update. - Turn a meeting into a status report. - Turn scattered information into a presentation, email, briefing, or recommendation. That is where this starts getting really interesting. 🔁 Practice This Think about one project you have been working on for several months.