In this video, I break down the week's AI news including the new Gemini Personal Intelligence, ads and age prediction coming to ChatGPT, the annual Anthropic Economic Report and more. Enjoy!

If AI sometimes makes us feel slow, inadequate, or outpaced, that is not a personal failure. It is a human response to exponential change. Before we rush to close the “AI gap,” we need to understand why that gap feels so uncomfortable in the first place. ------------- Context: The Quiet Emotional Undercurrent of AI Adoption ------------- Public conversations about AI often focus on capability. What the tools can do, how fast they are improving, and how quickly organizations should adopt them. Beneath that surface, however, runs a quieter conversation that rarely gets named. Many people feel behind. Not just in skill, but in confidence. They see headlines, demos, and success stories that suggest everyone else is moving faster, experimenting more, and understanding things more deeply. Even experienced professionals find themselves questioning their relevance or wondering if they missed a critical moment. This emotional undercurrent matters. When people feel behind, they do not lean in. They hesitate, avoid, or quietly disengage. Not because they lack ability, but because the psychological cost of trying feels high. To build confident, sustainable AI adoption, we have to normalize this experience rather than pathologize it. ------------- Insight 1: Exponential Change Breaks Linear Intuition ------------- Humans are wired for gradual change. We expect skills to compound slowly and knowledge gaps to be bridgeable with steady effort. AI violates this expectation. Progress appears sudden. Capabilities jump. What felt advanced six months ago can feel obsolete today. This creates a perception of falling behind even when actual competence is growing. Our intuition tells us that if progress is this fast, we must be doing something wrong. In reality, we are encountering a mismatch between human learning curves and technological acceleration. Recognizing this mismatch is the first step toward compassion, for ourselves and for others. ------------- Insight 2: Visibility Amplifies Comparison -------------

As humans, and especially as entrepreneurs, we need to feel like we’re moving forward. Otherwise, what’s the point? And coming out of the gate into a new year, even though it somehow already feels like January 75th, a lot of entrepreneurs are feeling the same thing... You’re working. You’re showing up. But you’re quietly wondering if you’re actually making progress or just staying busy. The truth is that if you are not measuring where you’re going, it’s really hard to know if you’re moving forward at all. And a lot of the time frustration doesn’t come from lack of effort. It comes from lack of knowing if anything you are doing is actually moving the needle. You can do everything right and still feel off if you don’t have something concrete telling you, “Yes, this is working.” So instead of asking, “Am I winning?” ask better questions. What actually moved forward this week? What’s clearer today than it was seven days ago? What’s one thing you could track that would give you real certainty? Progress doesn’t always feel exciting in the moment. But clarity creates momentum. What’s one thing you’re paying attention to right now that tells you you’re headed in the right direction? Drop it below 👇